Jews, God, and History

Converted Spanish Jews were called conversos or converted ones, by the Spaniards, and marranos, the Spanish word for swine or pigs, by the Jews. It is not known who coined the name marrano, Jew or Spaniard, why the name stuck, and why the Jews still call the Spanish crypto-Jews marranos. Persons accused by the Spanish Inquisition of practicing the Jewish faith in secret were called Judaizers. In this connection, see Max I. Dimont, Jews, God, and History,... 

Dimont, M. I. Jews, God, and History. New York Simon Schuster, 1962. 

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