The Jews never had a "hold" on Spain, as you say.""
Are you familiar with the word Safarad? It means Spain! There are Jewish writings dating back to 700 years before the Birth of Christ, (and a century before Rome was founded, that refer to Jewish community in Spain! In the Middle Ages, the Arab historians referred to Spain, as Bab-el-Yhud,
or Jewish Gate!
The vanished land of Sepharad is one of the greatest themes of Jewish histroy! It connote a special sense of nobility!
In it lies the memeory of Jewish Golden age of poetry, science, and philosophy.
Romans gave the Jewish Community in Spain religio licita, and self governement. They were offered Roman citizenship in 212.
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