Dying in the Law of Moses: Crypto-Jewish Martyrdom in the Iberian World (The Modern Jewish Experience) - Hardcover

Bodian, Miriam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253348617 ISBN 13: 9780253348616

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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 interpreters of Scripture, Miriam Bodian reveals unexpected connections between Reformation thought and historic crypto-Judaism. The complex personalities of the martyrs, acting in response to psychic and situational pressures, emerge vividly from this absorbing book.

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From the Publisher

"[A]n important and timely book. . . . While a great deal of work has been done on the Inquisition, the approach taken here is very readable and up to date in its findings about this controversial institution; the intricacies of its operation are really brought home in the individual case studies." --Allison P. Coudert

About the Author

Miriam Bodian is Professor of Jewish History in the Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Touro College. Her book Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam (IUP, 1998) received a National Jewish Book Award for History and a Koret Prize for History.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0253348617
• ISBN 13: 9780253348616
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304