David M. Gitlitz

Secrecy and Deceit

The Religion of the Crypto-Jews
Herausgeber: Stavans, Ilan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of New Mexico Press
• Seitenzahl: 700
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1293g
• ISBN-13: 9780826328137
• ISBN-10: 082632813X
• Artikelnr.: 22321373

Autorenporträt

David M. Gitlitz, of the University of Rhode Island, is a scholar-administrator who over the last two decades has divided his time among research on Sephardic historical topics, Spanish Golden Age literature, pilgrimage studies, and university administration and teaching.