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Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews
Author(s): Jacobs, Janet L.
Date: 2002
Topics: Anusim / Crypto-Jews / Marranos, Main Topic: Culture and Heritage
Abstract: 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.