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Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews (Jewish Latin America Series)
David M. Gitlitz
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Description for Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews (Jewish Latin America Series)
Paperback. Comprehensive history of crypto-Jewish beliefs and social customs. Num Pages: 677 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 176 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1356.
This book documents the religious customs of the crypto-Jewish culture in Spain, Portugal, and their American colonies, principally Mexico, Peru, and Brazil. In coping with clandestineness, crypto-Jews rapidly evolved their own idiosyncratic religion. Its Jewish core was quickly replaced with concepts and practices from the surrounding Catholic culture covered by a veneer of Jewish theology. Included in this award-winning volume are examinations of crypto-Jewish beliefs, superstitions, birth customs, education, marriage and sex, holidays, dietary laws, conversions, and death and burial practices. This is a comprehensive account of the customs of these secret Jews.
This book documents the religious customs of the crypto-Jewish culture in Spain, Portugal, and their American colonies, principally Mexico, Peru, and Brazil. In coping with clandestineness, crypto-Jews rapidly evolved their own idiosyncratic religion. Its Jewish core was quickly replaced with concepts and practices from the surrounding Catholic culture covered by a veneer of Jewish theology. Included in this award-winning volume are examinations of crypto-Jewish beliefs, superstitions, birth customs, education, marriage and sex, holidays, dietary laws, conversions, and death and burial practices. This is a comprehensive account of the customs of these secret Jews.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
677
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826328137
SKU
V9780826328137
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