Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews (Jewish Latin America) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews (Jewish Latin America) Book

Secrecy and Deceit 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 is a comprehensive account of the customs of these secret Jews.Read More

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  • 082632813X
  • 9780826328137
  • David M. Gitlitz
  • 15 April 2002
  • University of New Mexico Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 699
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