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Daniel B. Schwartz

Daniel B. Schwartz is the author, most recently, of Ghetto: The History of a Word (Harvard University Press). He is a professor of history and Judaic studies at George Washington University.

The Sephardic Mystique

Daniel B. Schwartz

In the late 18th century, an ardor for ancient Greek art and literature swept through German letters. German Jews were not immune, yet during the same period, they also devoted themselves to recovering the linguistic, artistic, and literary heritage of medieval Sephardic Jewry.