To the End of the Earth
Subtitle: A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: July 29, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780231129367
Subjects: History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Jewish studies; Religion - Socialissues; History: World; New Mexico; General; United States - State & Local - General; Religion / Judaism / General; Latin America - Mexico; History; Jews; Marranos; Sephardim
First sentence: The roots of Jewish settlement penetrate deeply into the history of the Iberian Peninsula.
Description: "In To the End of the Earth, Hordes explores the remarkable story of crypto-Jews and the tenuous preservation of Jewish rituals and traditions in Mexico and New Mexico over the past five hundred years. He follows the crypto-Jews from their Jewish origins in medieval Spain and Portugal to their efforts to escape inquisitorial persecution by migrating to the New World and settling in the far reaches of the northern Mexican frontier."

"Drawing on individual biographies (including those of colonial officials accused of secretly practicing Judaism), family histories, Inquisition records, letters, and other primary sources, Hordes provides a detailed account of the economic, social, and religious lives of crypto-Jews during the colonial period and after the annexation of New Mexico by the United States in 1846"--Jacket.