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Book The Importance of the Jews for the Preservation and Revival of Learning During the Middle Ages

Download or read book The Importance of the Jews for the Preservation and Revival of Learning During the Middle Ages written by Matthias Jacob Schleiden and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Jew in the Medieval World

Download or read book The Jew in the Medieval World written by Jacob R. Marcus and published by Hebrew Union College Press. This book was released on 1999-12-31 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To gain an accurate view of medieval Judaism, one must look through the eyes of Jews and their contemporaries. First published in 1938, Jacob Rader Marcus's classic source book on medieval Judaism provides the documents and historical narratives which let the actors and witnesses of events speak for themselves. The medieval epoch in Jewish history begins around the year 315, when the emperor Constantine began enacting disabling laws against the Jews, rendering them second-class citizens. In the centuries following, Jews enjoyed (or suffered under) legislation, either chosen or forced by the state, which differed from the laws for the Christian and Muslim masses. Most states saw the Jews as simply a tolerated group, even when given favorable privileges. The masses often disliked them. Medieval Jewish history presents a picture wherein large patches are characterized by political and social disabilities. Marcus closes the medieval Jewish age (for Western Jewry) in 1791 with the proclamation of political and civil emancipation in France. The 137 sources included in the anthology include historical narratives, codes, legal opinions, martyrologies, memoirs, polemics, epitaphs, advertisements, folk-tales, ethical and pedagogical writings, book prefaces and colophons, commentaries, and communal statutes. These documents are organized in three sections: The first treats the relation of the State to the Jew and reflects the civil and political status of the Jew in the medieval setting. The second deals with the profound influence exerted by the Catholic and Protestant churches on Jewish life and well-being. The final section presents a study of the Jew "at home," with four sub-divisions with treat the life of the medieval Jew in its various aspects. Marcus presents the texts themselves, introductions, and lucid notes. Marc Saperstein offers a new introduction and updated bibliography.

Book The Jewish Review

Download or read book The Jewish Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Jewish Review

    Book Details:
  • Author : Norman De Mattos Bentwich
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1913
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 590 pages

Download or read book The Jewish Review written by Norman De Mattos Bentwich and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Jewish Influence on Christian Reform Movements

Download or read book Jewish Influence on Christian Reform Movements written by Louis Israel Newman and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Guide to the Study of Medieval History for Students  Teachers  and Libraries

Download or read book A Guide to the Study of Medieval History for Students Teachers and Libraries written by Louis John Paetow and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Healthy Jew

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mitchell B. Hart
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2007-08-13
  • ISBN : 1139466852
  • Pages : 21 pages

Download or read book The Healthy Jew written by Mitchell B. Hart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-13 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Healthy Jew traces the culturally revealing story of how Moses, the rabbis, and other Jewish thinkers came to be understood as medical authorities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Such a radically different interpretation, by scholars and popular writers alike, resulted in new, widespread views on the salubrious effects of, for example, circumcision, Jewish sexual purity laws, and kosher foods. The Healthy Jew explores this interpretative tradition in the light of a number of broader debates over 'civilization' and 'culture', Orientalism, religion and science (in the wake of Darwin), anti-Semitism and Jewish apologetics, and the scientific and medical discoveries and debates that revolutionized the fields of bacteriology, preventive medicine, and genetics/eugenics.

Book Columbia University Oriental Studies

Download or read book Columbia University Oriental Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Hebrew Impact on Western Civilization

Download or read book The Hebrew Impact on Western Civilization written by Dagobert D. Runes and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging anthology examines the enduring cultural impact of the Jewish people and their many contributions to the creation of modern society. Edited by philosopher and intellectual historian Dagobert D. Runes, The Hebrew Impact on Western Civilization is a scholarly and authoritative account of the many spheres in which the Jews have impacted Western civilization. A diverse collection of eminent scholars consider how the Jews altered the course of the contemporary world and helped raise the standard of human values. William B. Ziff’s “The Jew as Soldier, Strategist and Military Adviser” delineates the successes of Jewish military forces throughout history. Dr. Abraham I. Katsh discusses the “Hebraic Foundations of American Democracy,” noting the influence of Hebrew Scriptures on standards of conduct in western civilization. These and other essays offer a fascinating and expansive look at the far-reaching impact Jews have had on Western life.

Book The Jewish Year Book

Download or read book The Jewish Year Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reference Studies in Medieval History

Download or read book Reference Studies in Medieval History written by James Westfall Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Syllabus Series

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  • Author : University of California (System)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1917
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 592 pages

Download or read book Syllabus Series written by University of California (System) and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monthly Bulletin

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  • Author : St. Louis Public Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1914
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 804 pages

Download or read book Monthly Bulletin written by St. Louis Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monthly Bulletin  New Series

Download or read book Monthly Bulletin New Series written by St. Louis Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Code for Classifiers

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  • Author : William Stetson Merrill
  • Publisher : Chicago : American Library Association
  • Release : 1928
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 146 pages

Download or read book Code for Classifiers written by William Stetson Merrill and published by Chicago : American Library Association. This book was released on 1928 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Flora Unveiled

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  • Author : Lincoln Taiz
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 0190490268
  • Pages : 545 pages

Download or read book Flora Unveiled written by Lincoln Taiz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex in animals has been known for at least ten thousand years, and this knowledge was put to good use during animal domestication in the Neolithic period. In stark contrast, sex in plants wasn't discovered until the late 17th century, long after the domestication of crop plants. Even after its discovery, the "sexual theory" continued to be hotly debated and lampooned for another 150 years, pitting the "sexualists" against the "asexualists". Why was the notion of sex in plants so contentious for so long? "Flora Unveiled" is a deep history of perceptions about plant gender and sexuality, beginning in the Ice Age and ending in the middle of the nineteenth century, with the elucidation of the complete plant life cycle. Linc and Lee Taiz show that a gender bias that plants are unisexual and female (a "one-sex model") prevented the discovery of plant sex and delayed its acceptance long after the theory was definitively proven. The book explores the various sources of this gender bias, beginning with women's role as gatherers, crop domesticators, and the first farmers. In the myths and religions of the Bronze and Iron Ages, female deities were strongly identified with flowers, trees, and agricultural abundance, and during Middle Ages and Renaissance, this tradition was assimilated into Christianity in the person of Mary. The one-sex model of plants continued into the Early Modern Period, and experienced a resurgence during the eighteenth century Enlightenment and again in the nineteenth century Romantic movement. Not until Wilhelm Hofmeister demonstrated the universality of sex in the plant kingdom was the controversy over plant sex finally laid to rest. Although "Flora Unveiled" focuses on the discovery of sex in plants, the history serves as a cautionary tale of how strongly and persistently cultural biases can impede the discovery and delay the acceptance of scientific advances.

Book The Athenaeum

Download or read book The Athenaeum written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: