Secrecy and Deceit : The Religion of the Crypto-Jews

Name: Secrecy and Deceit
Brand: University of New Mexico Press
SKU: 9780826328137
Price: 10200 KES
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ISBN: 9780826328137

by David M. Gitlitz

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 082632813X

ISBN-13 9780826328137

Publisher University of New Mexico Press

Imprint University of New Mexico Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 12th, 2002

Print length 677 Pages

Weight 1,356 grams

Dimensions 25.60 x 17.60 x 5.50 cms

Product Classification: Religion: general Judaism Religion: general Judaism

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Documents the religious customs of the crypto-Jewish culture in Spain, Portugal, and their American colonies, principally Mexico, Peru, and Brazil. 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 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.

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