Secrecy and Deceit(English, Paperback, Gitlitz David M.)

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Secrecy and Deceit(English, Paperback, Gitlitz David M.) is written by Gitlitz David M. and published by University of New Mexico Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 082632813X (ISBN 10) and 9780826328137 (ISBN 13).

This book documents the religious customs of the crypto-Jewish culture in Spain, Portugal, and their American colonies, principally Mexico, Peru, and Brazil. In coping with clandestineness, crypto-Jews rapidly evolved their own idiosyncratic religion. Its Jewish core was quickly replaced with concepts and practices from the surrounding Catholic culture covered by a veneer of Jewish theology. Included in this award-winning volume are examinations of crypto-Jewish beliefs, superstitions, birth customs, education, marriage and sex, holidays, dietary laws, conversions, and death and burial practices. This is a comprehensive account of the customs of these secret Jews.