JOURNAL OF SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, AND ITALIAN CRYPTO JEWS
VOLUME 3 SPRING 2011
Introduction and Welcome 1
Madre Sion and the Virgin of Guadalupe: Appropriating Beyond
What Can be Thought
Marie-Theresa Hernandez 5
Brazil Update 34
An Unorthodox Journey to the Law of Moses: Maria de Zarate,
An Old Christian Crypto Jew in Colonial Mexico
Matthew Warshawsky 35
Isaac Orobio de Castro: Intelectual Marrano, Intelectual Judio
Lourdes Dina Rensoli-Laliga (in Spanish) 53
Isaac Orobio de Castro: Intellectual Marrano, Intellectual Jew
(English Translation: Elmer L. Rodriguez and Gaston Rossato) 67
Conversos and the Rise of Secularism
Juan Marcos Bejarano-Gutierrez 75
Jews, God and History: Francisco Barrera Sanchez’s Legacy
To the Lower Rio Grande
Carlos Larralde 85
Past and Present Reflections of the Sephardic Experience in the Caribbean
Jonatas DaSilva 111
The Secret Jews (Neofiti) of Sicily: Religious and Social Status
Before and After the Inquisition
Abraham D. Lavender 119
Abraham Abulafia: Notes on His Name and his Years in Sicily 134
Honoring Pioneers in Crypto-Judaic Studies: Richard E.
Greenleaf and his Contributions to the Historiography of the Inquisition
in Mexico and the Spanish Borderlands
James D. Riley 137
Inquisition Museum in Peru 148
A List of 134 Books Containing Marrano, Converso, Crypto
Jew, Secret Jew, Hidden Jew, New Christian, or Anusim in
the Title or Subtitle: Changes in Usage Over 86 Years 149
Book Review: Atlantic Diaspora: Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-
Jews in the Age of Mercantilism, 1500-1800 . By Richard L.
Kagen and Philip D. Morgan. Reviewed by Jared Benson 157
Thank You 158
Submissions 159
Submissions 160
Editorial Board Photographs 162
Who Were the “Righteous Among the Nations” in the
Inquisition? 163
Information on Submissions, Book Reviews, etc. 165
Information on Subscriptions, Single-Issue Sales, etc 166
VOLUME 3 SPRING 2011
Introduction and Welcome 1
Madre Sion and the Virgin of Guadalupe: Appropriating Beyond
What Can be Thought
Marie-Theresa Hernandez 5
Brazil Update 34
An Unorthodox Journey to the Law of Moses: Maria de Zarate,
An Old Christian Crypto Jew in Colonial Mexico
Matthew Warshawsky 35
Isaac Orobio de Castro: Intelectual Marrano, Intelectual Judio
Lourdes Dina Rensoli-Laliga (in Spanish) 53
Isaac Orobio de Castro: Intellectual Marrano, Intellectual Jew
(English Translation: Elmer L. Rodriguez and Gaston Rossato) 67
Conversos and the Rise of Secularism
Juan Marcos Bejarano-Gutierrez 75
Jews, God and History: Francisco Barrera Sanchez’s Legacy
To the Lower Rio Grande
Carlos Larralde 85
Past and Present Reflections of the Sephardic Experience in the Caribbean
Jonatas DaSilva 111
The Secret Jews (Neofiti) of Sicily: Religious and Social Status
Before and After the Inquisition
Abraham D. Lavender 119
Abraham Abulafia: Notes on His Name and his Years in Sicily 134
Honoring Pioneers in Crypto-Judaic Studies: Richard E.
Greenleaf and his Contributions to the Historiography of the Inquisition
in Mexico and the Spanish Borderlands
James D. Riley 137
Inquisition Museum in Peru 148
A List of 134 Books Containing Marrano, Converso, Crypto
Jew, Secret Jew, Hidden Jew, New Christian, or Anusim in
the Title or Subtitle: Changes in Usage Over 86 Years 149
Book Review: Atlantic Diaspora: Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-
Jews in the Age of Mercantilism, 1500-1800 . By Richard L.
Kagen and Philip D. Morgan. Reviewed by Jared Benson 157
Thank You 158
Submissions 159
Submissions 160
Editorial Board Photographs 162
Who Were the “Righteous Among the Nations” in the
Inquisition? 163
Information on Submissions, Book Reviews, etc. 165
Information on Subscriptions, Single-Issue Sales, etc 166
JOURNAL OF SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, AND ITALIAN CRYPTO JEWS
VOLUME 2 SPRING 2010
Introduction and Welcome 1
Identity Coercion Shaped by Religious Rigidity:
Implications for the Culture of Crypto-Judaism
Ron Duncan Hart 5
Fieldwork in Puerto Rico and New Mexico
Seth D. Kunin 11
Anusim Surnames: Myth and Reality
David M. Gitlitz 21
Maria, Sister of Aaron, Play Your Tambourine:
Music in the Lives of Crypto Jewish Women in Portugal
Judith R. Cohen 37
Crypto-Judaism on an African Island: Reality and Fantasy
on São Tomé From the 16th to the 20th Centuries
Robert Garfield 61
Brazil’s Secret Jews and New Christians: Scholarly
Disagreements About Numbers, Identities, and the Future
Abraham D. Lavender 77
Jewish Returnees in Brazil in 2009-2010
Jonatas DaSilva 110
Habitos Judaicos Incorporados ao Dia-a-Dia dos Brasileiros
Nelson Menda (in Portuguese with summary in English) 121
Manuel Bautista Pérez and the Complicidad Grande in
Colonial Peru: Inquisitorial Hysteria or Crypto-Jewish Heresy?
Matthew Warshawsky 132
Honoring Pioneers in Crypto-Judaic Studies: Seymour Liebman
Abraham D. Lavender 151
Book Reviews 158
Christopher Columbus: The DNA of His Writings, by
Estelle Irizarry. Reviewed by Harry Ezratty 158
The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal: Survival of an
Imperiled Culture in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries,
by Dolly Sloan. Reviewed by Lillooet Nordlinger 162
Juggling Identities: Identity and Authenticity Among the
Crypto-Jews, by Seth Kunin. Reviewed by Abigail P. Seldin 165
Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering Your Sephardic
Ancestors and Their World, by Jeffrey Malka.
Reviewed by Jonatas DaSilva 168
Historical Photographs of the Inquisition 175
Information on Submissions, Book Reviews, etc. 177
Information on Subscriptions, Single-Issue Sales, etc. 178
VOLUME 2 SPRING 2010
Introduction and Welcome 1
Identity Coercion Shaped by Religious Rigidity:
Implications for the Culture of Crypto-Judaism
Ron Duncan Hart 5
Fieldwork in Puerto Rico and New Mexico
Seth D. Kunin 11
Anusim Surnames: Myth and Reality
David M. Gitlitz 21
Maria, Sister of Aaron, Play Your Tambourine:
Music in the Lives of Crypto Jewish Women in Portugal
Judith R. Cohen 37
Crypto-Judaism on an African Island: Reality and Fantasy
on São Tomé From the 16th to the 20th Centuries
Robert Garfield 61
Brazil’s Secret Jews and New Christians: Scholarly
Disagreements About Numbers, Identities, and the Future
Abraham D. Lavender 77
Jewish Returnees in Brazil in 2009-2010
Jonatas DaSilva 110
Habitos Judaicos Incorporados ao Dia-a-Dia dos Brasileiros
Nelson Menda (in Portuguese with summary in English) 121
Manuel Bautista Pérez and the Complicidad Grande in
Colonial Peru: Inquisitorial Hysteria or Crypto-Jewish Heresy?
Matthew Warshawsky 132
Honoring Pioneers in Crypto-Judaic Studies: Seymour Liebman
Abraham D. Lavender 151
Book Reviews 158
Christopher Columbus: The DNA of His Writings, by
Estelle Irizarry. Reviewed by Harry Ezratty 158
The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal: Survival of an
Imperiled Culture in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries,
by Dolly Sloan. Reviewed by Lillooet Nordlinger 162
Juggling Identities: Identity and Authenticity Among the
Crypto-Jews, by Seth Kunin. Reviewed by Abigail P. Seldin 165
Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering Your Sephardic
Ancestors and Their World, by Jeffrey Malka.
Reviewed by Jonatas DaSilva 168
Historical Photographs of the Inquisition 175
Information on Submissions, Book Reviews, etc. 177
Information on Subscriptions, Single-Issue Sales, etc. 178
Journal of Portuguese, Italian, and Italian Crypto Jews
Volume 1 Spring 2009
Major Issues in a Growing Field of Academic Research
Abraham D. Lavender 3
The Crypto Jews of Spain and Portugal
David M. Gitlitz 17
The Barajas Women, Madrid 1634
David M. Gitlitz 26
The Jews of Sicily and Calabria: The Italian Anusim that
Nobody Knows
Barbara Aiello 33
Crypto Judaism in New Mexico and the American Southwest
Seth D. Kunin 49
The Sephardic Legacy in the Spanish Caribbean: Crypto‑Jewish
Settlement in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica
Stanley M. Hordes 68
The Jewish and Crypto‑Jewish Participation in the Age of Discovery
Barry L. Stiefel 77
Jews, Catholics, and Converts: Reassessing the Resilience of
Convivencia in Fifteenth Century Plasencia, Spain
Roger L. Martinez 95
Catholic, Jewish, and Crypto Jewish in the 1600s: The Geographic
and Spiritual Peregrinations of Pacheco de Leon in Spain, Italy,
and Mexico
Matthew Warshawsky 121
Cecil Roth’s Disrupted Love Affair With the Secret Jews of Italy:
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Abraham D. Lavender 140
Recent Research Articles: From Roth to DNA 156
Major Issues in a Growing Field of Academic Research
Abraham D. Lavender 3
The Crypto Jews of Spain and Portugal
David M. Gitlitz 17
The Barajas Women, Madrid 1634
David M. Gitlitz 26
The Jews of Sicily and Calabria: The Italian Anusim that
Nobody Knows
Barbara Aiello 33
Crypto Judaism in New Mexico and the American Southwest
Seth D. Kunin 49
The Sephardic Legacy in the Spanish Caribbean: Crypto‑Jewish
Settlement in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica
Stanley M. Hordes 68
The Jewish and Crypto‑Jewish Participation in the Age of Discovery
Barry L. Stiefel 77
Jews, Catholics, and Converts: Reassessing the Resilience of
Convivencia in Fifteenth Century Plasencia, Spain
Roger L. Martinez 95
Catholic, Jewish, and Crypto Jewish in the 1600s: The Geographic
and Spiritual Peregrinations of Pacheco de Leon in Spain, Italy,
and Mexico
Matthew Warshawsky 121
Cecil Roth’s Disrupted Love Affair With the Secret Jews of Italy:
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Abraham D. Lavender 140
Recent Research Articles: From Roth to DNA 156
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