Hidden Heritage
Subtitle: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: September 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780520233461
Subjects: Anthropology; History of religion; Jewish studies; Judaism; Sociology; Judaism - History; History; Social Science; Religion - Judaism; Religious life; Marranos; Ethnic Studies - General; Europe - Spain & Portugal; Religion / General; General; United States; Jews
First sentence: One of the most intriguing aspects of modern crypto-Judaism is the survival of a culture of secrecy that is evident in the patterns of silence and disclosure that characterize twentieth-century families with crypto-Jewish ancestors.