The beginning of Jewish literature in America
The 24 years when the Dutchmen occupied the northeast of Brazil (1630-1654) were treated by classical historiography as a period of relative religious tolerance. The Jews were considered allied politicians of the Dutchmen and were important in the creation of new commercial enterprises, mainly by do...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositorio: | Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/14105 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/14105 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Literatura Hebraica Cristãos-novos Judeus holandeses Hebrew Literature New Christians Jews Dutches |
| Sumario: | The 24 years when the Dutchmen occupied the northeast of Brazil (1630-1654) were treated by classical historiography as a period of relative religious tolerance. The Jews were considered allied politicians of the Dutchmen and were important in the creation of new commercial enterprises, mainly by dominating Portuguese and Dutch languages. The communal life was fortified 1641, with the arrival of the rabbis Isaac Aboab da Fonseca and Raphael d’Aguilar, who left also a literary inheritance: Aboab da Fonseca, is not only the first rabbi of the Americas, but is also considered the first Jewish author in Hebrew of the New World with Mi Chamocha, prayer composed describing the community suffering while surrounded by the Portuguese fleet. In the present text we are going to approach biographical aspects of the referred author, inserting his literary production within the situation of that Brazilian historical period. |
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