Tzarfat

Tzarfat (Hebrew: צרפת‬) is a Biblical placename that may refer to Sarepta in Lebanon. In later times, it came to be identified with France. It is still the name of France in Modern Hebrew.

References

Falk, A. (1996). A Psychoanalytic History of the Jews. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 364. ISBN 9780838636602. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
Banitt, M. (1985). Rashi: Interpreter of the Biblical Letter. Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies, Tel Aviv University. Retrieved 2015-11-09.

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