Dying in the law of Moses : crypto-Jewish martyrdom in the Iberian world /
Author / Creator: | Bodian, Miriam, 1948- |
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Imprint: | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2007. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Language: | English |
Series: | The modern Jewish experience Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.) |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11162720 |
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 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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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780253116918 0253116910 9780253348616 0253348617 1282078364 9781282078369 9786612078361 6612078367 |