Isaac Aboab da Fonseca: Jewish Leadership in the New World

Cover
Title page
Copyright
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Part One: Conversos and Global Expansion
	1. Identity, Space, and Intercultural Contacts
	2. Participation in the Colonial Economic System of Pernambuco
	3. Isaac Aboab and the Sephardi Odyssey from the Old to the New World
Part Two: The Crisis of Jewish–Christian Relations
	4. The Jews’ Legal Status: The Dutch Republic versus Brazil
	5. Catholic and Calvinist Anti-Jewish Behaviour
	6. The Crisis of New Christian Political Loyalty in Colonial Brazil
Part Three: Leadership in Times of Crisis
	7. Facing the Challenge of Change in Pernambuco
	8. The Revival of Community
	9. The Portuguese Siege of Recife
Part Four: The Literary Tools of Rejudaization
	10. Hebrew Language and Grammar
	11. Paraphrastic Biblical Commentaries
	12. Prayers, Confessions, and Supplication
Epilogue: Impact of the New World Experience – The Return to Amsterdam
Bibliography
Index
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