The prophet of the Andes : an unlikely journey to the promised land
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Dillman, Lisa, translator.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Physical Desc
xii, 269 pages ; 22 cm
Status
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction
296.71409 VILLANUEVA
1 available
296.71409 VILLANUEVA
1 available
Nipomo Library - Adult Nonfiction
296.71409 VILLANUEVA
1 available
296.71409 VILLANUEVA
1 available
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Cajamarca (Peru : Department) -- Ethnic relations.
Cajamarca (Peru : Department) -- Religion.
Conversion -- Judaism -- History -- 20th century.
Conversion -- Judaism -- History -- 21st century.
Jewish converts from Christianity -- Israel -- Biography.
Jewish converts from Christianity -- Peru -- Cajamarca (Department) -- Biography.
Villanueva, Segundo -- (Carpenter)
Cajamarca (Peru : Department) -- Ethnic relations.
Cajamarca (Peru : Department) -- Religion.
Conversion -- Judaism -- History -- 20th century.
Conversion -- Judaism -- History -- 21st century.
Jewish converts from Christianity -- Israel -- Biography.
Jewish converts from Christianity -- Peru -- Cajamarca (Department) -- Biography.
Villanueva, Segundo -- (Carpenter)
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-269).
Description
"Segundo Villanueva was born in 1927 in a tiny farming village perched in the Andes; when he was seventeen, his father was murdered and Segundo was left with little more than a Bible as his inheritance. This Bible launched Segundo on a lifelong obsession to find the true message of God contained in its pages. He found himself looking for answers outside the Catholic Church, whose hierarchy and colonial roots embodied the gaping social and racial inequities of Peruvian society. Over years of religious study, Segundo explored various Protestant sects and founded his own religious community in the Amazon jungle before discovering a version of Judaism he pieced together independently from his readings of the Old Testament. His makeshift synagogue began to draw in crowds of fervent believers, seeking a faith that truly served their needs. Then, in a series of extraordinary events, politically motivated Israeli rabbis converted the community to Orthodox Judaism and resettled them on the West Bank. Segundo’s incredible journey made him an unlikely pioneer for a new kind of Jewish faith, one that is now attracting masses of impoverished people across Latin America.
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