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Friday, February 1, 2008
Crypto-Jews: An Oppositional Subculture in Colonial Mexico
Within the context of the Jewish expulsion from Spain in 1492, modern scholars have used the term "crypto-jew" to refer to the group of Jews who converted to Christianity, yet still maintained their Jewish faith in secret. This is the ultimate form of opposition. They formed a sub-culture that creatively opposed the ruling authority.
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Could someone define "crypto"?
to me it refers to hiddenor disquised as in cryptic.
Within the context of the Jewish expulsion from Spain in 1492, modern scholars have used the term "crypto-jew" to refer to the group of Jews who converted to Christianity, yet still maintained their Jewish faith in secret. This is the ultimate form of opposition. They formed a sub-culture that creatively opposed the ruling authority.
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