Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews

by David M. Gitlitz, Ilan Stavans (Introduction)

Overview

Comprehensive history of crypto-Jewish beliefs and social customs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826328137
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	04/12/2002
Series:	Jewish Latin America Series
Pages:	699
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.20(d)
Lexile:	1600L (what's this?)

About the Author

David M. Gitlitz (1942-2020) was a professor emeritus of Hispanic studies at the University of Rhode Island. His publications include Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews and The Lost Minyan (both from UNM Press).

Internationally renowned scholar, essayist, linguist, translator, editor, and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American, and Latino Culture at Amherst College. He serves as the series editor for the University of New Mexico Press’s acclaimed Jewish Latin America Series.

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His scholarship is massive and his book is both easily manageable and thorough.

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His scholarship is massive and his book is both easily manageable and thorough.

Editorial Reviews

aHis scholarship is massive and his book is both easily manageable and thorough.a

." . . this book is thoroughly researched, the author having utilized Inquisition records, chronicles, rabbinical rulings, correspondence, eyewitness accounts, religious manuals, and other historical documents. This book is highly recommended for those interested in the history of the Iberian Jews."

""Secrecy and Deceit" is a carefully researched, dense, and thorough historical record of the crypto-Jews."

"Gitlitz's magnum opus provides a full fascinating history of the quixotic religion developed by the Jews who were forced to convert to Catholicism in early modern Spain."

His scholarship is massive and his book is both easily manageable and thorough.

"His scholarship is massive and his book is both easily manageable and thorough."

From the Publisher

Gitlitz's magnum opus provides a full and fascinating history of the quixotic religion developed by the Jews who were forced to convert to Catholicism in early modern Spain. The religion they secretly developed later traveled to the New World colonies. Gitlitz reconstructs the religion and its history from an exhaustive selection of sources, including trial records under the Inquisition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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