The Jews of Spain : a history of the Sephardic experience / Jane S. Gerber.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-308) and index.

Introduction: An enigma of 1492 -- Volatile origins: The early history of Jewish life in Spain -- The birth of Sepharad: from the Muslim conquest to the Caliphate of Córdoba -- The golden era: The emergence of Sephardic civilization -- The reconquista: Jews and the new realities of Christian Spain -- Path to expulsion: The decline and destruction of Spanish Jewry -- Return to the Islamic World: The Sephardic diaspora in Muslim lands -- The Westward journey: Europe and the New World -- Encounter with modernity: Ottoman decline and the ascendance of the West -- Revival and return: Sephardic Jews in the Post-War Era.