Delivery included to the United States

Secrecy and Deceit

Secrecy and Deceit The Religion of the Crypto-Jews

1st Edition

(31 May 1997)

Not available for sale

Out of stock

This service is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Other formats & editions

New
Paperback (30 Apr 2002) $50.45

Publisher's Synopsis

Documents the religious customs of the Iberian Jews who converted to Catholicism, largely under duress, in the 14th and 15th centuries. Gitlitz details crypto-Jewish culture in Spain, Portugal, and Mexico. In coping with the necessity to be clandestine, crypto-Jews rapidly evolved their own idiosyncratic religion. Its Jewish core was replaced with

Book information

ISBN: 9780827605626
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Imprint: Jewish Publication Society
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 946.004924
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 677
Weight: 1474g
Height: 267mm
Width: 190mm
Spine width: 43mm