Chosen few, the: how education shaped jewish history, 70-1492
Auteur :
Botticini, Maristella / Eckstein, Zvi
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691163512
Date de publication :
12 oct. 2014
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
476 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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