To the End of the Earth: A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico

by Stanley M. Hordes

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In 1981, while working as New Mexico State Historian, Stanley M. Hordes began to hear stories of Hispanos who lit candles on Friday night and abstained from eating pork. Puzzling over the matter, Hordes realized that these practices might very well have been passed down through the centuries from early crypto-Jewish settlers in New Spain. After extensive research and hundreds of interviews, Hordes concluded that there was, in New Mexico and the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0231129378

ISBN13:9780231129374

Release Date:April 2008

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:376 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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