Jerusalem on the Amstel : the quest for Zion in the Dutch Republic
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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New City Library - Adult Nonfiction | 949.2004 PELHA | Checked Out |
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Published
London : C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxii, 389 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Seventeenth-century Amsterdam was a cosmopolitan 'carnival of nations': French Huguenots, North African merchants, Spanish Moriscos-and Iberian New Christians, formerly Jewish families forcibly converted to Catholicism, now fleeing the Inquisition and rediscovering their ancestral faith. This is the extraordinary tale of Amsterdam's prosperous Sephardi community during the Dutch Golden Age. Trading, writing, publishing, staging plays and being painted by Rembrandt, this Nação (Nation) of formerly wandering Jews not only settled but thrived, enjoying high status and unparalleled freedom. At a time when Dutch Catholics were repressed and Jews elsewhere were confined to the ghetto, this community dared to nurture the 'Hope of Israel', sowing the seeds of Zionism. Lipika Pelham charts the captivating history of Amsterdam's Jews, from their integral role in the Dutch economic miracle and the Enlightenment to a sombre coda in 1942, when the Nazis herded them into the 'Jewish Theatre' for deportation to the camps. But this was not the death of the resilient Nação -- Pelham also seeks out its descendants in present-day Amsterdam, offering poignant reflection on the meaning of nationhood, the Holocaust and what remains of Jerusalem on the Amstel.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pelham, L. (2019). Jerusalem on the Amstel: the quest for Zion in the Dutch Republic . C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pelham, Lipika. 2019. Jerusalem On the Amstel: The Quest for Zion in the Dutch Republic. C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pelham, Lipika. Jerusalem On the Amstel: The Quest for Zion in the Dutch Republic C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pelham, Lipika. Jerusalem On the Amstel: The Quest for Zion in the Dutch Republic C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2019.
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