Hidden Heritage ：The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews ( S. Mark Taper Foundation Imprint in Jewish Studies )

Publication subTitle ：The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews

Publication series ：S. Mark Taper Foundation Imprint in Jewish Studies

Author： Jacobs > Janet  

Publisher： University Of California Press‎

Publication year： 2002

E-ISBN: 9780520936614

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780520235175

Subject： K712.8 National Shi

Keyword： 宗教

Language： ENG

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Description

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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Acknowledgments

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

Notes

Selected Bibliography

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