Glossary

Liturgy

A framework for the customary worship of a given religious group.

Consisting of 10 of the 12 Hebrew Tribes of Canaan which ruled after Moses’ death and formed the ancient Kingdom

A Jewish revolt against Seleucid rule that lasted from 167 to 160 BCE. The rebels recaptured Jerusalem in 164, cleansed

Meaning “cycle” in Hebrew, a machzor is a Jewish prayer book specialized for use on yom tov (festivals) of Rosh

A leading council of elders in a Sephardi Jewish community. Tending towards conservative leadership, they appointed their own successors.

An individual who is born from an incestuous relationship or to a woman who is married to another man other

The act of enslaved people being freed by their masters.

formerly enslaved people who have been set free by their masters; see Manumission above.

Mappamundi, Mappa Mundi, Mappemond, and others are all terms deriving from the Latin “Mappa Mundus” (pl. Mappae Mundi) meaning map(s)

The Maroons were groups of formerly enslaved Afrians who successfully escaped from servitude in the Americas, who either formed their

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