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Hidden heritage : the legacy of the Crypto-Jews /

This study of contemporary crypto-Jews - descendants of European Jews forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition - traces the group's history of clandestinely conducting their faith and their present-day efforts to reclaim their past.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jacobs, Janet Liebman
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley ; Los Angeles : University of California Press, ©2002.
Series:S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Crypto-Jewish descent: an ethnographic study in historical perspective
  • Secrecy, antisemitism, and the dangers of Jewishness
  • Women and the persistence of culture : ritual, custom, and the recovery of Sephardic ancestry
  • Self-in-relation and the transformation of religious consciousness
  • Syncretism and faith blending in modern Crypto-Judaism
  • Conversion and the rekindling of the Jewish soul
  • Jewish ancestry and the social construction of ethnic identity
  • Conclusion: Ethnic loss and the future of Crypto-Jewish culture.