The Chosen Few : How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 /
Botticini, Maristella
The Chosen Few : How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 / Zvi Eckstein, Maristella Botticini. - Course Book - 1 online resource : 4 line illus. 29 tables. 11 maps. - The Princeton Economic History of the Western World ; 42 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. 70 Ce-1492. How many Jews were there , and Where and how did they Live ? -- Chapter 2. Were The Jews a Persecuted Minority? -- Chapter 3. The People of The Book, 200 Bce-200 Ce -- Chapter 4 The Economics of Hebrew Literacy in a World of Farmers -- Chapter 5. Jews in the Talmud Era, 200-650 The Chosen Few -- Chapter 6. From Farmers to Merchants, 750-1150 -- Chapter 7. Educated Wandering Jews, 800-1250 -- Chapter 8. Segregation or Choice? -- Chapter 9. The Mongol Shock -- Chapter 10. 1492 to Today -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
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In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World, from Seville to Mangalore. What caused this radical change? The Chosen Few presents a new answer to this question by applying the lens of economic analysis to the key facts of fifteen formative centuries of Jewish history. Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein offer a powerful new explanation of one of the most significant transformations in Jewish history while also providing fresh insights into the growing debate about the social and economic impact of religion.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691163512 9781400842483
10.1515/9781400842483 doi
Jews--Economic conditions.
Jews--Education--History.
Jews--History--70-
Judaism--Economic aspects.
Judaism--History.
RELIGION / Judaism / History.
DS141
330.90088296
The Chosen Few : How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 / Zvi Eckstein, Maristella Botticini. - Course Book - 1 online resource : 4 line illus. 29 tables. 11 maps. - The Princeton Economic History of the Western World ; 42 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. 70 Ce-1492. How many Jews were there , and Where and how did they Live ? -- Chapter 2. Were The Jews a Persecuted Minority? -- Chapter 3. The People of The Book, 200 Bce-200 Ce -- Chapter 4 The Economics of Hebrew Literacy in a World of Farmers -- Chapter 5. Jews in the Talmud Era, 200-650 The Chosen Few -- Chapter 6. From Farmers to Merchants, 750-1150 -- Chapter 7. Educated Wandering Jews, 800-1250 -- Chapter 8. Segregation or Choice? -- Chapter 9. The Mongol Shock -- Chapter 10. 1492 to Today -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World, from Seville to Mangalore. What caused this radical change? The Chosen Few presents a new answer to this question by applying the lens of economic analysis to the key facts of fifteen formative centuries of Jewish history. Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein offer a powerful new explanation of one of the most significant transformations in Jewish history while also providing fresh insights into the growing debate about the social and economic impact of religion.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691163512 9781400842483
10.1515/9781400842483 doi
Jews--Economic conditions.
Jews--Education--History.
Jews--History--70-
Judaism--Economic aspects.
Judaism--History.
RELIGION / Judaism / History.
DS141
330.90088296