Crypto - Judaism is the secret confession of Judaism in the ostentatious public practice of another faith. Secretly professing Judaism are called crypto Jews ( Greek. Κρυπτός , "secret"). The term crypto Jew also refers to persons of Jewish descent who observe (often secretly) some of the Jewish traditions of their ancestors, but perform other rituals (most often Catholic ) in public [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] . This phenomenon is primarily associated with Spain in the early New Age after the Alhambra Decree [6] .
Europe
Officially, Jews who converted to Christianity in Spain in the 14th century were called new Christians ( Spanish: Cristianos Nuevos ), but more often they were called " converts ", " crosses " ( Spanish conversos ). Spain and Portugal legally restricted their rights both in the kingdoms and in the colonies. Despite the danger of persecution by the Inquisition, many Conversos continued to secretly perform Jewish rituals [6] [7] .
In the Balearic Islands, after the Alhambra decree of 1492, numerous converos , also called уэuetas , openly professed Catholicism , but in their private life adhered to Judaism. Suetas is the most widely known group of crypto Jews.
See also
- Marranas
Notes
- ↑ Jacobs, J. Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews. - University of California Press, 2002. - ISBN 978-0-520-23517-5 .
- ↑ Tobias, HJ. A History of the Jews in New Mexico. - University of New Mexico Press, 1992. - ISBN 978-0-8263-1390-4 .
- ↑ Alexy, T. The Marrano Legacy: A Contemporary Crypto-Jewish Priest Reveals Secrets of His Double Life. - University of New Mexico Press, 2003. - ISBN 978-0-8263-3055-0 .
- ↑ Benbassa, E. Sephardi Jewry: A History of the Judeo-Spanish Community, 14th-20th Centuries (Jewish Communities in the Modern World). - University of California Press, 2000. - ISBN 978-0-520-21822-2 .
- ↑ Gerber, JS. Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience. - Free Press, 1994. - ISBN 978-0-02-911574-9 .
- ↑ 1 2 Levine Melammed, Renee. "Women in Medieval Jewish Societies." Women and Judaism: New Insights and Scholarship . Ed. Frederick E. Greenspahn. New York: New York University Press, 2009.105-106.
- ↑ See David M. Gitlitz, Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002).