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New World Jewry: 1493-1825 Requiem for the Forgotten
1982441j0964New York: Ktav Publishing House Inc. Good in Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0870682776 . "Twenty years of research in the original Inquisition documents in the Vatican archives and the national archives of Spain Portugal and Latin American nations resulted in this first full-length book on the Marranos or secret Jews of Latin America and the Caribbean Islands up to 1825. This fascinating account explores the social history and religious aspects of the lives of the Jews who lived in Mexico Peru Columbia Brazil and Argentina in the threatening shadow of the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions. Flamboyant leaders daring exploits communal relationships superstitions sex customs and food habits pursuant to rabbinical injunctions and religious observances and prayers are revealed in narrative form." - dust jacket. Seymour B. Liebman 1907-1986 was a historian and Permanent Adjunct Research Scholar at the Institute of Inter-American Affairs of the University of Miami. He wrote several other books on related topics. xvi 271 pp. Footnotes bibliography and index. Black and white maps and illustrations. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important work.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; New World Jewry: 1493-1825 Requiem for the Forgotten Jewish History Judaica Latin America Marranos Inquisition Ethnic Relations secret Jews of Latin America and the Caribbean Islands up to 1825. The relationships with the Jews of Italy Turkey . Ktav Publishing House, Inc. hardcover
