Jacob & Esau: Jewish European History Between Nation and Empire

by Malachi Hacohen

Book Overview

Jacob and Esau is a profound new account of two millennia of Jewish European history that, for the first time, integrates the cosmopolitan narrative of the Jewish diaspora with that of traditional Jews and Jewish culture. Malachi Haim Hacohen uses the biblical story of the rival twins, Jacob and Esau, and its subsequent retelling by Christians and Jews throughout the ages as a lens through which to illuminate changing Jewish-Christian relations and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316649849
• ISBN13: 9781316649848
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.6" x 8.9"