The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492

by Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691163510
• ISBN13: 9780691163512
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"