"With particular, but not exclusive, attention paid to the history of Jews in those areas"--P. xi. "Center for the Study of Religion and Society, The Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization." "Most of the papers in this collection were delivered at the Fifth Annual Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton University on October 25 and 26, 1992"--P. ix. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Religious conflicts between Sephardic and Christian settlers in 17th and 18th century North America / Yitzchak Kerem. Judaizing women in Castile: a look at their lives before and after 1492 / Renée Levine Melammed -- Expulsion of the Jewish community from the Spains, 1492 / Lewis A. Tambs -- Columbus as biblical exegete: a study of the Libro de las profecías / Hector Avalos -- The mythical Jewish Columbus and the history of America's Jews / Jonathan D. Sarna -- The other side of the story: indigenous interpretation of contact with Europeans / Dale Stover -- Catholic evangelization in the Pueblo world / Gordon Bronitsky -- American Indians, Ten Lost Tribes and Christian eschatology / Gershon Greenberg -- Religious conflicts between Sephardic and Christian settlers in 17th and 18th century North America / Yitzchak Kerem.
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