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

• Autore: Bodian Miriam <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (300 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.8/2
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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 autonomy of individual inte
• Titolo autorizzato: Dying in the law of Moses
• ISBN: 1-282-07836-4; 9786612078361; 0-253-11691-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451967403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II