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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451967403321

Autore

Bodian Miriam <1948->

Titolo

Dying in the law of Moses [[electronic resource] ] : crypto-Jewish martyrdom in the Iberian world / / Miriam Bodian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-07836-4

9786612078361

0-253-11691-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

The modern Jewish experience

Disciplina

296.8/2

Soggetti

Crypto-Jews - Latin America

Crypto-Jews - Iberian Peninsula

Jews - Persecutions - Latin America - History - 16th century

Jews - Persecutions - Latin America - History - 17th century

Jews - Persecutions - Spain - History - 16th century

Jews - Persecutions - Spain - History - 17th century

Jews - Persecutions - Portugal - History - 16th century

Jews - Persecutions - Portugal - History - 17th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The historical setting -- The dogmatista crypto-Jewish martyrs -- A conquistador's nephew in New Spain -- A monk of Castanheira -- A Converso surgeon in the Viceroyalty of Peru -- A Hebrew scholar at the University of Salamanca -- Echoes in the Portuguese-Jewish diaspora.

Sommario/riassunto

Miriam Bodian's study of crypto-Jewish martyrdom in Iberian lands depicts                a new type of martyr that emerged in the late 16th century -- a defiant, educated                judaizing martyr who engaged in disputes with inquisitors. By examining closely the                Inquisition dossiers of four men who were tried in the Iberian peninsula or Spanish                America and who developed judaizing theologies that drew from currents of                Reformation thinking that emphasized the authority of Scripture and the religious                



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