The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream historians than by anti-Semites or apologists. In this book Jerry Muller, a leading hist…
The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream historians than by anti-Semites or apologists. In this book Jerry Muller, a leading hist…
The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream historians than by anti-Semites or apologists. In this book Jerry Muller, a leading hist…
Annotation Drawing onhitherto neglected materials, Zohar Segev sheds new light on the policy of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) during the Holocaust. Contrary to popular belief, he can show that there was an impressive system of previously unknown rescue efforts. Furthermore, in…
These essays are organised into three sections: 'Wealth, Fertility and the Good Life - the Third Function', 'War and Violence - the Second Function' and 'Rules, Wisdom, and Prophetic Acts - the First Function'.
A collection of essays (most of them published previously) dealing with Christian perceptions of and polemics with Judaism, modern perceptions of Jewish history, and post-Holocaust Jewish and Christian theology. Some of the essays appeared also in his Hebrew collection, "Tadmit …
"The Jews: A History, 2/e, explores the religious, cultural, social, and economic diversity of the Jewish people and their faith. The latest edition incorporates new research and includes a broader spectrum of people - mothers, children, workers, students, artists, and radicals …
"The Jews: A History, 2/e, explores the religious, cultural, social, and economic diversity of the Jewish people and their faith. The latest edition incorporates new research and includes a broader spectrum of people -- mothers, children, workers, students, artists, and radicals…