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Sepharad is a Biblical placename of uncertain location. Persian inscriptions refer to two places called "Saparda", one in Media and the other in Asia Minor: the latter may be Sardes. It is only mentioned once in the Bible, in the Book of Obadiah. After the Peshitta (2nd century), it was identified with the Iberian Peninsula. The descendants of the Iberian Jews are still called Sephardim, and Sepharad is the modern Hebrew for "Spain."
The abbot Chaud explained the connection through Hesperia, one of the Classical Greek names used for Iberia.
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Sepharad is a Biblical placename of uncertain location. Persian inscriptions refer to two places called "Saparda", one in Media and the other in Asia Minor: the latter may be Sardes. It is only mentioned once in the Bible, in the Book of Obadiah. After the Peshitta (2nd century), it was identified with the Iberian Peninsula. The descendants of the Iberian Jews are still called Sephardim, and Sepharad is the modern Hebrew for "Spain."
The abbot Chaud explained the connection through Hesperia, one of the Classical Greek names used for Iberia.
St. Jerome's Vulgate translates bi-Sepharad as "in the Bosphorus".
Zarephath (Sarepta in Lebanon) was itself later identified with France.
External links
, Journal on Hebraic, Sephardim and Middle East Studies, , CSIC (scientific articles in Spanish, English and other languages)
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