Hidden Heritage : The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews by Janet Liebman Jacobs (2002, Hardcover)

University of California Press

0520233468

9780520233461

2201392

207 Pages

Hidden Heritage : the Legacy of the Crypto-Jews

English

2002

Judaism / General, Christianity / General, Jewish

Textbook

Janet Liebman Jacobs

Religion, History

Hardcover

0.6 in

2.3 Oz

9 in

6 in

Scholarly & Professional

2002-000857

21

305.892/4073

Acknowledgements Introduction. Crypto-Jewish Descent: An Ethnographic Study in Historical Perspective 1. Secrecy, Antisemitism, and the Dangers of Jewishness 2. Women and the Persistence of Culture: Ritual, Custom, and the Recovery of Sephardic Ancestry 3. The Self-in-Relation and the Transformation of Religious Consciousness 4. Syncretism and Faith Blending in Modern Crypto-Judaism 5. Conversion and the Rekindling of the Jewish Soul 6. Jewish Ancestry and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identity Conclusion. Ethnic Loss and the Future of Crypto-Jewish Culture

This study of contemporary crypto-Jews--descendants of European Jews forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition--traces the group's history of clandestinely conducting their faith and their present-day efforts to reclaim their past. Janet Liebman Jacobs masterfully combines historical and social scientific theory to fashion a brilliant analysis of hidden ancestry and the transformation of religious and ethnic identity.

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