%0 Journal Article 
%A Zorea, Carlos
%T España en la Biblia: de "Tarshish" a "Sefarad"

%D 2016
%@ 1130-0728
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/34659
%X According to the Bible, Hebrews were in contact with Tarshish (or
Tartessus, in present day Andalucía, Spain) since the time of King Solomon in the 10th
century B.C. In the 8th and 6th centuries B.C., Hebrews were deported from the Levant by
Assyrians, Babylonians and Tyrians, and many were enslaved in Phoenician-controlled
iron mines in Africa (Mogador) and southern Spain. Around the middle of the first millennium
B.C., for the first and only time in the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Obadiah
(Abdias), verse 1:20 documented the name Sefarad (also written as Sfarad, Spharad or
Sepharad). Obadiah’s verse includes an historic message, and a rationale that links the
name Sefarad with Spain. The word Sefarad is also connected to Greek mythology and a
specific geography.

%K Bible
%K Tarshish
%K Tartessus
%K Sefarad
%K Hesperides
%K Mogador
%K Biblia
%K Tartessos
%K Historia
%K History
%K Literatura
%K Literature
%K Philology
%K Filología
%~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala