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11 of the Best Books and Articles on: Crypto-Judaism

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Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews » Read Now
by Janet Liebman Jacobs. 197 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

"Janet Jacobs enters fearlessly into the house of mirrors that is Jewish-Hispanic identity, where nothing is what it appears to be. Her ethnography is about the uses of silence and the excuses of memory."--Ilan Stavans, author of "On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language
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"Janet Jacobs enters fearlessly into the house of mirrors that is Jewish-Hispanic identity, where nothing is what it appears to be. Her ethnography is about the uses of silence and the excuses of memory."--Ilan Stavans, author of "On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language
"Janet Jacobs's book is a beautifully written, compelling account of the experiences of contemporary crypto-Jews who are struggling to locate the meanings of their various identities. I know of no other works that cover this material, and Jacobs does so in a rich finely nuanced way in which she deals with issue of family, memory, community, and belonging. I love the way she draws on such a wide variety of materials to explore this topic in a wide-ranging and impressive way."--Lynn Davidman, author of "Tradition in a Rootless World
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Crypto-Judaism and the Spanish Inquisition » Read Now
by Michael Alpert. 246 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Cyrptojudaism and the Spanish Inquisition explores Spanish secret Judaism and the Inquisition, which strove to uproot the "Judaizing heresy" among baptized Jews and their descendants. Even in the 18th-century, Cryptojudaism was still prevalent, but the Inquisition finally triumphed. This book...
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Cyrptojudaism and the Spanish Inquisition explores Spanish secret Judaism and the Inquisition, which strove to uproot the "Judaizing heresy" among baptized Jews and their descendants. Even in the 18th-century, Cryptojudaism was still prevalent, but the Inquisition finally triumphed. This book describes the private lives of the cyrpto-Jew, as revealed in their confessions, together with their fate in prison and at the auto defeat at which they abjured their Judaism and were reconciled to the Church or, if not, burnt at the stake.
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Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews » Read Now
by David M. Gitlitz. 682 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...CHAPTER XXI The Social Contexts of Crypto-Judaism 587 Appendix...as are the syncretisms between crypto-Judaism and Christian beliefs and practices...distinguishing...
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The Marranos of Spain: From the Late 14th to the Early 16th Century, According to Contemporary Hebrew Sources » Read Now
by B. Netanyahu. 302 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library
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Heretics or Daughters of Israel? The Crypto-Jewish Women of Castile » Read Now
by Renee Levine Melammed. 258 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Between 1391 and the end of the 15th century, numerous Spanish Jews converted to Christianity, most of them under duress. Before and after 1492, when the Jews were officially expelled from Spain, a significant number of these conversos maintained clandestine ties to Judaism, despite their outward...
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Between 1391 and the end of the 15th century, numerous Spanish Jews converted to Christianity, most of them under duress. Before and after 1492, when the Jews were officially expelled from Spain, a significant number of these conversos maintained clandestine ties to Judaism, despite their outward conformity to Catholicism. Through the lens of the Inquisition's own records, this groundbreaking study focuses on the crypto-Jewish women of Castile, demonstrating their central role in the perpetuation of crypto-Jewish society in the absence of traditional Jewish institutions led by men. Renée Levine Melammed shows how many "conversas" acted with great courage and commitment to perpetuate their religious heritage, seeing themselves as true daughters of Israel. Her fascinating book sheds new light on the roles of women in the transmission of Jewish traditions and cultures.
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Studies in Jewish History (Chap. 6 "From Apostasy to Return to Judaism: The Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam") » Read Now
by Joseph Dan. 193 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Praeger, in collaboration with the distinguished International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, Jerusalem, and in association with Israeli's Open...
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The Exiled and the Redeemed (Book 1, Chap. 8 "The Crypto-Jews in Persia") » Read Now
by Itzhak Ben-Zvi. 285 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library
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Sephardim in the Americas: Studies in Culture and History (includes "The Secret Jews of the Southwest") » Read Now
by Martin A. Cohen, Abraham J. Peck. 504 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...practice? 23. And why, above all, does an astonishing correlation appear between the details of the New Christians crypto-Judaism on the one hand, and, on the other, aside...
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Figures of Conversion: The Jewish Question & English National Identity (Chap. 4 "Writing Spanish History: The Inquisition and "The Secret Race"") » Read Now
by Michael Ragussis. 344 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library
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Separation and Its Discontents: Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Anti-Semitism (Chap. 4 "Reactive Anti-Semitism in the Medieval Period") » Read Now
by Kevin MacDonald, Seymour W. Itzkoff. 325 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

MacDonald develops a theory of anti-Semitism based on an evolutionary interpretation of social identity theory. Historical examples of anti-Semitism are analyzed as scientifically comprehensible gentile responses to a distinctive, segregated group. Anti-Semitism has historically been exacerbated by...
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MacDonald develops a theory of anti-Semitism based on an evolutionary interpretation of social identity theory. Historical examples of anti-Semitism are analyzed as scientifically comprehensible gentile responses to a distinctive, segregated group. Anti-Semitism has historically been exacerbated by resource competition between Jews and gentiles. Jews have engaged in a wide range of strategies to try to combat it. These strategies include: crypsis, political activity, writing religious and intellectual apologia directed at both ingroup and outgroup members, and engaging in self-deception regarding both the nature of Judaism and gentile responses to Judaism.
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Tradition and Innovation: Reflections on Latin American Jewish Writing (Chap. 12 "Aspects of the Jewish Presence in the Brazilian Narrative: The Crypto-Jews") » Read Now
by Robert Diantonio, Nora Glickman. 225 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library