Sepharad ( or ; ''Səp̄āraḏ''; also ''Sefarad'', ''Sephared'', ''Sfard'') is the Hebrew name for Spain.
A place called Sepharad, probably referring to
Sardis
Sardis () or Sardes (; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 ''Sfard''; el, Σάρδεις ''Sardeis''; peo, Sparda; hbo, ספרד ''Sfarad'') was an ancient city at the location of modern ''Sart'' (Sartmahmut before 19 October 2005), near Salihli, ...
in
Lydia
Lydia ( Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish provin ...
('Sfard' in Lydian), in the
Book of Obadiah
The book of Obadiah is a book of the Bible whose authorship is attributed to Obadiah, a prophet who lived in the Assyrian Period. Obadiah is one of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the final section of Nevi'im, the second main division of the Hebre ...
(, 6th century BC) of the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
. The name was later applied to Spain and is analogous to
Tzarfat or
Ashkenaz.
Version comparisons
Obadiah 1:20 (trans. Judaica Press)"And this exiled host of the children of Israel who are
iththe Canaanites as far as Zarephath and the exile of Jerusalem which is in Sepharad shall inherit the cities of the southland"
Obadiah 1:20 (NKJV)"And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath, and the captivity of Jerusalem, that is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South."
et transmigratio exercitus huius filiorum Israhel omnia Chananeorum usque ad Saraptham et transmigratio Hierusalem quae in Bosforo est possidebit civitates austri.
Abdias 1:20 (Douay-Rheims)"And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, all the places of the Chanaanites even to Sarepta: and the captivity of Jerusalem that is in Bosphorus, shall possess the cities of the south."
See also
*
Sephardic law and customs
References
External links
Judaism: Sephardim Jewish Virtual Library
* ttp://www.rootsofsefarad.com/jews-in-spain Roots of Sefaradbr>Jewish Heritage in Spain and Portugal (travel agency)
Sefarad
Journal on Hebraic, Sephardim and Middle East Studies
ILC
CSIC (scientific articles in Spanish, English and other languages)
Anatolia
Hebrew Bible places
Hebrew words and phrases
Jewish Portuguese history
Jewish Spanish history
Judaism in Spain
Sephardi Jews topics
Historical regions
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