Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews(Repost)
Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews by Janet Liebman Jacobs
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0520233468 | 212 Pages | PDF | 954.68 KB
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0520233468 | 212 Pages | PDF | 954.68 KB
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.