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Sepharad is a Biblical placename of uncertain location. Persian inscriptions refer to two places called "Saparda", one in Media
Medes

The Medes were an Ancient Iranian peoples who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area was known in Greek as Media or Medea ....
 and the other in Asia Minor: the latter may be Sardes. It is only mentioned once in the Bible
Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
, in the Book of Obadiah
Book of Obadiah

The Book of Obadiah is found in both the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, where it is the shortest book, only one chapter long....
. After the Peshitta
Peshitta

The Peshitta is the standard version of the Christian Bible in the Syriac language.The Old Testament of the Peshitta was translated from the Hebrew , probably in the second century....
 (2nd century), it was identified with the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
. The descendants of the Iberian Jews are still called Sephardim, and Sepharad is the modern Hebrew for "Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
."

The abbot Chaud explained the connection through Hesperia
Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
, one of the Classical Greek names used for Iberia. St.






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Sepharad is a Biblical placename of uncertain location. Persian inscriptions refer to two places called "Saparda", one in Media
Medes

The Medes were an Ancient Iranian peoples who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area was known in Greek as Media or Medea ....
 and the other in Asia Minor: the latter may be Sardes. It is only mentioned once in the Bible
Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
, in the Book of Obadiah
Book of Obadiah

The Book of Obadiah is found in both the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, where it is the shortest book, only one chapter long....
. After the Peshitta
Peshitta

The Peshitta is the standard version of the Christian Bible in the Syriac language.The Old Testament of the Peshitta was translated from the Hebrew , probably in the second century....
 (2nd century), it was identified with the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
. The descendants of the Iberian Jews are still called Sephardim, and Sepharad is the modern Hebrew for "Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
."

The abbot Chaud explained the connection through Hesperia
Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
, one of the Classical Greek names used for Iberia. St. Jerome
Jerome

Saint Jerome was a Christian priest and Christian apologetics best known for translating the Vulgate. He is recognized by the Catholic Church as a canonized saint and Doctor of the Church, and his version of the Bible is still an important text in Catholicism....
's Vulgate
Vulgate

The Vulgate is an early Fifth Century version of the Bible in Latin, and largely the result of the labors of Jerome, who was commissioned by Pope Damasus I in 382 to make a revision of Vetus Latina....
 translates bi-Sepharad as "in the Bosphorus".

Zarephath (Sarepta
Sarepta

For the modern Lebanese town on the site, see SarafandSarepta was a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean Sea coast between Sidon and Tyre ....
 in Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
) was itself later identified with France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

External links

, Journal on Hebraic, Sephardim and Middle East Studies, , CSIC
CSIC

The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient?ficas , Spanish language or Spanish National Research Council is the largest public research organisation in Spain....
 (scientific articles in Spanish, English and other languages)