The Jew In The Medieval World: A Source Book, 315-1791 - Softcover

Marcus, Jacob Rader

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1258422786 ISBN 13: 9781258422783

Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC, 2012

Synopsis

First published in 1938, this sourcebook presents 137 documents that deal with individual Jews and the Jewish community during the Jewish Middle Ages. It offers a sweeping view of Jewish historical experience from late antiquity until modern times, with introductions and annotations to make these sources accessible to the modern reader. For this new edition, Marc Saperstein has updated Muarcus's 96 bibliographies, providing references to modern scholarly research on each topic. In his introduction, he analyzes and evaluates Marcus's decision regarding periodization, organization and inclusion. In doing so, he offers further insights about the implications of those decisions for our own understanding of Jewish history.

About this title

About the Author:

Jacob Rader Marcus served as Adolph S. Ochs Professor of American Jewish History and Milton and Hattie Kutz Distinguished Service Chair in American Jewish History at HUC-JIR, Cincinnati and founded the American Jewish Archives.

About this edition

• Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1258422786
• ISBN 13: 9781258422783
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 530