Journal of Levantine Studies


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Vol. 6, Summer/Winter 2016: Political Dimensions of the Converso Phenomenon

Toward a Repolitization of the Converso Phenomenon in Portugal and Beyond | Guest Editor’s Note | Claude B. Stuczynski

To this day discussions of hidden, underground, and concealed identities often invoke the case of the Iberian conversosor also known as Marranos or New Christiansso much so, that the term marranism has become a paradigm of secret, variegated, divided, or restrained forms of Judaism.These views were celebrated in the past by those who endorsed essentialist perceptions of Marrano Jewishness, as well as by scholars who nowadays adopt the idea of a converso divided, liquid, or hybrid self

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    Free download Download
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    Free download Download
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    Asher Salah
    Free download Download
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dock-ument aims to promote the theoretical discourse on topics related to various aspects of the Levant and the concept of the Levant, with preference given to personal essays and to lyrical prose. Its purpose is to encourage various perspectives and unique voices so they can be heard in a way that is not confined by the constraints of scientific discussion. The name, dockument, seeks to express the connection between text and context, between the pier, the home dock, and the ship of thoughts and reflections that will sail, we hope, to various interesting places.



Journal of Levantine Studies

The Journal of Levantine Studies (JLS) is an interdisciplinary academic journal dedicated to the critical study of the geographical, social, and cultural settings which, in various periods of history, have been known as the “Levant.” The journal is published biannually in English in print and online by the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.