Apples of Gold in Filigrees of Silver: Jewish Writing in the Eye of the Inquisition

Nepaulsingh, Colbert

ISBN 10: 0841913617 / ISBN 13: 9780841913615

Published by New York and London: Holmes & Meier Pub, 1995

About this Item

1995. Trade paperback. 149pp. Index. FINE.

Seller Inventory # 2650292

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Apples of Gold in Filigrees of Silver: Jewish Writing in the Eye of the Inquisition
• Publisher: New York and London: Holmes & Meier Pub
• Publication Date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0841913617
• ISBN 13: 9780841913615
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: FINE
• Seller catalogs:
  • Judaica

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Synopsis

During the Spanish Inquisition, some writers defied and thwarted persecution by writing works in which hidden meanings were apparent only to Jews, or fellow conversos , whose ancestors converted to Christianity.

About the Author

Colbert I. Nepaulsingh is a professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the State University of New York at Albany.