Bibliograph

The Chosen Few, How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492, Maristella Botticini, Zvi Eckstein

Type

Label

The Chosen Few, How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492, Maristella Botticini, Zvi Eckstein

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Chosen Few

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Maristella Botticini, Zvi Eckstein

Series statement

The Princeton Economic History of the Western World

Sub title

How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492

Summary

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 Chosen Few presents a new answer to this question by applying the lens of economic analysis to the key facts of fifteen formative centuries of Jewish history. Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein offer a powerful new explanation of one of the most significant transformations in Jewish history while also providing fresh insights into the growing debate about the social and economic impact of religion

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor