Dying in the law of Moses : crypto-Jewish martyrdom in the Iberian world / Miriam Bodian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bodian, Miriam, 1948-

Series:

The modern Jewish experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crypto-Jews--Latin America--Biography.

Crypto-Jews.

Crypto-Jews--Iberian Peninsula--Biography.

Jews--Persecutions--Latin America--History--16th century.

Jews.

Jews--Persecutions--Latin America--History--17th century.

Jews--Persecutions--Spain--History--16th century.

Jews--Persecutions--Spain--History--17th century.

Jews--Persecutions--Portugal--History--16th century.

Jews--Persecutions--Portugal--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007.

Summary:

Miriam Bodian's study of crypto-Jewish martyrdom in Iberian lands depicts a new type of martyr that emerged in the late 16th century -- a defiant, educated judaizing martyr who engaged in disputes with inquisitors. By examining closely the Inquisition dossiers of four men who were tried in the Iberian peninsula or Spanish America and who developed judaizing theologies that drew from currents of Reformation thinking that emphasized the authority of Scripture and the religious autonomy of individual inte

Contents:

The historical setting

The dogmatista crypto-Jewish martyrs

A conquistador's nephew in New Spain

A monk of Castanheira

A Converso surgeon in the Viceroyalty of Peru

A Hebrew scholar at the University of Salamanca

Echoes in the Portuguese-Jewish diaspora.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-268) and index.

ISBN:

9786612078361

9781282078369

1282078364

9780253116918

0253116910

OCLC:

437198366