Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews - Paperback
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:David M. Gitlitz, Ilan StavansSeries:Jewish Latin AmericaPublish date:4/1/2002Pages:699
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of New Mexico PressISBN-13:9780826328137ISBN-10:082632813XUPC:9780826328137Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, JewishBook Topic:SpainSize:9.94 x 6.92 x 1.54 inchesWeight:2.6015Product ID:SC43FRRW0W
This important history 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. Secrecy and Deceit provides a comprehensive account of the customs of these secret Jews. "Secrecy and Deceit provides rare glimpses into a subject that is increasingly fascinating to many different audiences."--Jane S. Gerber, Director, Institute for Sephardic Studies, CUNY Graduate Center "Historians and students of comparative and popular religion will be drawing on this work for years."--Haym Soloveitchik, Yeshiva University Winner of the National Jewish Book Award and the Lucy B. Davidowicz History Award
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of New Mexico PressISBN-13:9780826328137ISBN-10:082632813XUPC:9780826328137Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, JewishBook Topic:SpainSize:9.94 x 6.92 x 1.54 inchesWeight:2.6015Product ID:SC43FRRW0W
David M. Gitlitz (1942-2020) was a professor emeritus of Hispanic studies at the University of Rhode Island. His publications include Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews and The Lost Minyan (both from UNM Press). Ilan Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College, the cofounder and publisher of Restless Books, and the academic director of the Great Books Summer Program. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, his work, translated into twenty languages, has been adapted into film, theater, television, and radio.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
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