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Sepharad: Iberian Jews, Conversos, and the Sephardic Diaspora

Subject Guide for an University of Virginia course (SPAN 4520) taught by Prof. Allison Weber

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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries: Online
    
  • Encyclopaedia of Islam Online |
  • Encyclopedia Judaica |
  • The encyclopedia of Jewish life and thought | ( Jerusalem : Carta, 1996.)
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  • The Jewish religion : a companion / Louis Jacobs. | (Oxford University Press, 1995.)
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  • Diccionario de las tres religiones : judaísmo, cristianismo, islam | (Editorial Verbo Divino,2009.)
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    Encyclopedias and Dictionaries: Print
        
  • Medieval Islamic civilization : an encyclopedia / Josef W. Meri, editor.
    New York :Routledge, 2006. 2 vol.
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  • The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world / John L. Esposito, editor in chief. |
    New York : Oxford University Press. 1995. 4 vol.
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  • The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world / John L. Esposito, editor in chief. |
    New York : Oxford University Press. 2001. 4 vol.
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  • The Islamic world : past and present / John L. Esposito, editor in chief.
    New York :Oxford University Press,2004. 3 vol.
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  • The New encyclopedia of Islam
    Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008. 3rd ed.
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  • The Encyclopaedia of Islam : new edition
    Prepared by a number of leading orientalists ; edited by an editorial committee consisting of H.A.R. Gibb ... [et al.] ; under patronage of the international union of academies. New ed. ; photomechanical reprint. 1986. 11 vol.
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    Dictionaries: Spanish Language

    Web Based Dictionaries:
        
    English/Spanish/English:
        
  • Diccionarios.com (on trial)
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  • WordReference.com
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  • Ultralingua.net
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  • Concise Oxford Dictionary:
     Spanish-English | English-Spanih
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    Spanish/Spanish language:
  • Diccionarios.com (on trial)
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  • WordReference.com
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  • Diccion. de la Lengua Española. 22ª ed. (RAE)
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  • Diccionario Panhispanico de Dudas. (RAE)
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  • Nuevo Tesoro Lexicográfico de la Lengua Española (RAE) [Diccionarios Históricos] 
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    Synonyms, Usage, etc: :
  • Diccionarios.com (on trial)
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  • Clave
  • DIRAE (diccionario inverso)

    • Bilingual Dictionaries in CD / DVD:
        
  • The Oxford Spanish dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish
    NewYork: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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    Bilingual Dictionaries in Print Format 

    If you need an English/Spanish dictionary in print format, you can find one in the UVA library system:
  • Spanish/English
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  • English/Spanish
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    Dictionaries in Print Format

    Spanish / Spanish Language:
  • Diccionario de la lengua española.
    Madrid: Real Academia Española, 1992. 21ª ed.
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  • Diccionario panhispánico de dudas.
    Madrid : Real Academia Española, 2005
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  • No in enough?
    Search the Online Catalog under Subject: 
    Spanish language -- Dictionaries.

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    Usage
  • Diccionario de uso del español (Maria Moliner)
    Madrid, Editorial Gredos. c1998. 2 vol. 2nd ed.
    Also 1st ed. 1968
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  • Diccionario inverso de la lengua española / dirigido por Ignacio Bosque.
    Madrid :Gredos,c1994
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  • No in enough?
    Search the Online Catalog under Subject:     
    Spanish language -- Usage-- Dictionaries.
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    Synonyms, etc:
  • Vox : Diccionario de sinónimos
    Barcelona : Vox, 1973.
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  • Diccionario español de sinónimos y equivalencias
    Barcelona,Editorial Aedos, 1973.
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  • Thesaurus : gran Sopena de sinónimos y asociación de ideas : diccionario analógico de la lengua española.
    Barcelona : Sopena, 1985.
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  • No in enough?
    Search the Online Catalog under Subject: 
    Spanish language -- Synonyms and antonyms
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    Idioms, Corrections, Terms & phrases:
  • Diccionario fraseológico documentado del español actual : locuciones y modismos españoles
    Madrid : Aguilar, c2004
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  • Diccionario fraseológico del español moderno
    Madrid :Gredos,c1994.
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    Ideological Dictionaries

  • Diccionario ideológico de la lengua española : desde la idea a la palabra, desde la palabra a la idea
    Barcelona : Gustavo Gili, c1959, 1973 printing. 2. ed., puesta al día (6. tirada)
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