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Marranos on the Moradas : secret Jews and Penitentes in the southwestern United States, from 1590 to 1890 / Norman Simms.

Title: Marranos on the Moradas : secret Jews and Penitentes in the southwestern United States, from 1590 to 1890 / Norman Simms.
Author: Simms, Norman Toby
Publication: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009.

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Description

vii, 509 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Judaism and Jewish life

Uniform Title

Judaism and Jewish life.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-500) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

What did the Penitentes really do? -- Marranos, Penitentes, and the baroque anamorphoses in action -- The machinery of secrets and the machinations of silence : conspiracies, contraptions and ludibria -- Crosscurrents and undercurrents -- Penitentes and the crazy things they do, or, How to be Jewish and Christian at the same time -- Festivals of blood here and bloody trials there : playing roles and rolling along -- Reaching towards a conclusion and some new questions.

ISBN

9781934843321
1934843326

LCCN

2008052933

OCLC

297404339
SCSB-11315278

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library