Hidden heritage: the legacy of the Crypto-Jews

Secrecy, antisemitism, and the dangers of Jewishness -- Women and the persistence of culture : ritual, custom, and the recovery of Sephardic ancestry -- The self-in-relation and the transformation of religious consciousness -- Syncretism and faith blending in modern Crypto-Judaism -- Conversion and...

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Main Author: Jacobs, Janet Liebman (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Berkeley [u.a.] University of Californiarnia Press c 2002
In:Year: 2002
Reviews:Hidden heritage. The legacy of the crypto-Jews. By Janet Leibman Jacobs. (The S. Mark Taper Foundation Imprint in Jewish Studies.) Pp. xi+197. Berkeley–Los Angeles–London: University of California Press, 2002. £35 (cloth), £13.95 (paper). 0 520 23346 8; 0 520 23517 7 (2004) (Melammed, Renée Levine)
[Rezension von: Jacobs, Janet Liebman, Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews] (2003) (Glazier, Stephen D.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Mormon Church
Further subjects:B Marranos Social life and customs
B Marranos Religious life
B Jews Identity
B Jews History United States
B United States Ethnic relations
B Marranos History United States
B Jews United States History
B Marranos United States History
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Summary:Secrecy, antisemitism, and the dangers of Jewishness -- Women and the persistence of culture : ritual, custom, and the recovery of Sephardic ancestry -- The self-in-relation and the transformation of religious consciousness -- Syncretism and faith blending in modern Crypto-Judaism -- Conversion and the rekindling of the Jewish soul -- Jewish ancestry and the social construction of ethnic identity -- Conclusion. Ethnic loss and the future of Crypto-Jewish culture
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-185) and index
ISBN:0520233468