Jewish Society Through the Ages

By Ben-Sasson Hh

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• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 080520377X
• ISBN13: 9780805203776
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Schocken Books
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

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Outstanding essays on Jewish social history

This volume contains an all- star line- up of Jewish scholars each contributing an essay on their major field of study. Ben-Zion Dinur opens the volume with an essay on 'Jewish History- Its Uniqueness and Continuity'. It is followed by essays by Hayim Tadmor on ' The Role of Political Institutions in the Biblical Period' Yitzhak F. Baer on ' Social Ideals of the Second Jewish Commonwealth' Menahem Stern ' The Hasmonean Revolution and Its Place in the History of Jewish Society and Religion ' David Flusser on ' The Social Message from Qumran, E.E. Urbach on ' The Talmudic Sage- Character and Authority, Shmuel Safrai on "Elementary Education, Its Religious and Social Significance in the Talmudic Period, S. D. Goitein Jewish Society and Institutions under Islam, I. Twersky Aspects of the Social and Cultural History of Provencal Jewry, H.H. Ben-Sasson on The Northern European Jewish Community and Its Ideals, Haim Beinart on Hispano- Jewish Society, Cecil Roth on ' Jewish Society in the Renaissance' S.Ettinger on ' The Hasidic Movement - Reality and Ideals, Jacob Katz on ' The Jewish National Movement: A Sociological Analysis Moshe Mishkinsky on ' The Jewish Labor Movement and European Socialism Lloyd F. Gartner on 'Immigration and the Formation of American Jewry 1840-1925, S.N. Eisenstadt on 'Israeli Society- Major Features and Problems , H.H.Ben -Sasson on ' Dynamic Trends in Modern Jewish Thought and Society'. A tremendously rich volume which gives an overall view of Jewish social history.