Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam |
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Author:
| Bodian, Miriam |
Series title: | The Modern Jewish Experience Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-253-21351-8 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1999 |
Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $22.00 |
Book Description:
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" --Sixteenth Century JournaDrawing on family and communal records, diaries, memoirs, and literary works, among other sources, Miriam Bodian tells the moving story of how Portuguese "new Christian" immigrants in 17th-century Amsterdam fashioned a close and cohesive community that recreated a Jewish religious identity while retaining its Iberian heritage.
" --Sixteenth Century JournaDrawing on family and communal records, diaries, memoirs, and literary works, among other sources, Miriam Bodian tells the moving story of how Portuguese "new Christian" immigrants in 17th-century Amsterdam fashioned a close and cohesive community that recreated a Jewish religious identity while retaining its Iberian heritage.