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Reluctant Cosmopolitans
Daniel M. Swetschinski
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Description for Reluctant Cosmopolitans
Paperback.
National Jewish Book Awards Winner of the Maurice Amado Foundation Award for Sephardic Studies, 2000.
In the seventeenth century, Amsterdam took in several thousand New Christians from the Iberian peninsula, descendants of Jews who had been forcibly baptized some two hundred years earlier. Shortly after their initial settlement, the members of this mostly Portuguese refugee community chose to manifest themselves as Jews again. No real obstacles were put in their way. The tolerance extended to them by the Amsterdam authorities was as exemplary as their new-found commitment to Jewish orthodoxy (barring a few famous instances) was strong. These ... Read more
National Jewish Book Awards Winner of the Maurice Amado Foundation Award for Sephardic Studies, 2000.
In the seventeenth century, Amsterdam took in several thousand New Christians from the Iberian peninsula, descendants of Jews who had been forcibly baptized some two hundred years earlier. Shortly after their initial settlement, the members of this mostly Portuguese refugee community chose to manifest themselves as Jews again. No real obstacles were put in their way. The tolerance extended to them by the Amsterdam authorities was as exemplary as their new-found commitment to Jewish orthodoxy (barring a few famous instances) was strong. These ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
Number of Pages
394
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904113126
SKU
V9781904113126
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About Daniel M. Swetschinski
Daniel M. Swetschinski was born in Brussels in 1944 and grew up in Amsterdam. He studied Semitic languages, philosophy, and history at the universities of Ghent, Amsterdam and Brandeis, and has taught Jewish history at McGill University and the University of Arizona. His many published articles on Dutch Jewish history include a contribution on the period 1516–1621 in ... Read more
Reviews for Reluctant Cosmopolitans
‘A detailed and innovative analysis of the subject based on rich documentation.’ - Rachel Simon, Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter ‘A social history that focuses . . . upon political status, economic pursuits, and community organization . . . advanced students will find this book of considerable value.’ - M. A. Meyer, Choice ‘A rich and detailed description ... Read more