Outlines of Jewish History from B.C.E. 586 to C.E. 1929 / by Lady Magnus; revised by M. Friedländer, Ph. D., with additional chapters by Solomon Grayzel, Ph. D.
1929, Third Edition. Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society of America. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #433244
Physical description; xxiii, [1], 418, [4] pages, [4] leaves of color plates : color maps ; 19 cm. Notes; "These Outlines of Jewish History are the result of a proposal which was made to me, some two years back by the administrators of the Jacob Franklin Trust to write a book which should tell the history of the Jews from Biblical times to the present day, in a form which should fit it for use in schools and homes."--Preface. Includes index. Contents; Book I.B.C.E. 586 to C.E. 70. In the Shadow of the Sword: The Jews in Babylon; The return to Palestine; Life in Palestine; The Maccabean War of Independence; Palestine under native rule; Judea during the remainder of the rule of the Asmoneans; A new dynasty; Reign of Herod; Judea before the war; The war with Rome; The end of the war -- Book II. C.E. 70 to 1600. Darkness: After the war; The revolt under Hadrian; The revival of the schools, their work; Christianity a state religion; The break-up of the Roman Empire, some of its consequences; The rise of Mahomedanism; The conquests of the Kaliphs, effects, religious and social, on the Jews; Life under the Kaliphs; Jews in Spain (710-1150); Jews in Spain, continued (1150-1492); Jews in Central Europe in the Middle Ages; Jews in Central Europe, continued; Jews in England (1066-1210); Jews in England, continued (1216-1290) -- Book III. C.E. 100 to 1500. Starlight: Concerning Jewish literature and literary men; Some fixed stars; The greatest of the fixed stars, Maimonides (1135-1204); Darkness before the dawn; The darkness visible -- Book IV. C.E. 1591 to 1882. Dawn: Dawn; Manasseh ben Israel; The return of the Jews to England; Spinoza; In northern and central Europe, before the dawn; In northern and central Europe, before the dawn, continued; Moses Mendelssohn; The next hundred years (1780-1880); Two centuries and a quarter in England (1660-1885); South America-the West Indies; North America; The nineteenth century; New clouds; The home in America; The hope for Zion; Out of tragedy, new life. Subjects; Since 70. Jews History. Jews History 70-.
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