The Chosen Few How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 |
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| Author:
| Botticini, Maristella
Eckstein, Zvi |
| Series title: | The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-16351-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $37.99 |
Book Description:
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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
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