A History of the Jewish People,9780674397316

A History of the Jewish People

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ISBN13: 9780674397316
ISBN10: 0674397312
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1985-10-15
Publisher(s): Harvard Univ Pr
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Summary

A History of the Jewish People presents a total vision of Jewish experiences and achievements--religious, political, social, and economic--in both the land of Israel and the diaspora throughout the ages. It has been acclaimed as the most comprehensive and penetrating work yet to have appeared in its field. Six distinguished scholars at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, have set forth here for the first time the authentic story of the Jewish past that is relevant to the Jewish present. Special attention is paid to the significant historical sources that have come to light in the past decades, to the findings of archaeological research, and to source materials in Jewish studies such as talmudic literature--sources that have too often been ignored by historians.

Table of Contents

PART I Origins and the Formative Period 3(88)
A. Malamat
1 Introduction
3(7)
2 Canaan -- Before and During the Israelite Conquest
10(18)
3 The Dawn of Israel
28(19)
4 Conquest and Settlement
47(20)
5 The Period of the Judges
67(13)
6 The Struggle Against the Philistines
80(11)
PART II The Period of the First Temple, the Babylonian Exile and the Restoration 91(94)
H. Tadmor
7 The United Monarchy
91(19)
8 The Period of the Two Kingdoms
110(14)
9 The Decline, Rise and Destruction of the Kingdom of Israel
124(15)
10 Judah from the Fall of Samaria to the Fall of Jerusalem
139(20)
11 The Babylonian Exile and the Restoration
159(26)
PART III The Period of the Second Temple 185(122)
M. Stern
12 Palestine Under the Rule of the Hellenistic Kingdoms
185(6)
13 The Social and Governmental Structure of Judea Under the Ptolemies and Seleucids
191(10)
14 The Decrees Against the Jewish Religion and the Establishment of the Hasmonean State
201(16)
15 The Hasmonean State
217(22)
16 The Political and Social History of Judea Under Roman Rule
239(38)
17 The Jewish Diaspora in the Second Temple Era
277(5)
18 Religion and Literature
282(14)
19 The Great Revolt
296(11)
PART IV The Era of the Mishnah and Talmud (70-640) 307(78)
S. Safrai
20 The Characteristics of the Era
307(7)
21 The Jews in the Land of Israel (70-335)
314(29)
22 From the Roman Anarchy Until the Abolition of the Patriarchate (235-425)
343(14)
23 From the Abolition of the Patriarchate to the Arab Conquest (425-640)
357(7)
24 The Lands of the Diaspora
364(21)
PART V The Middle Ages 385(342)
H.H. Ben-Sasson
25 Introduction
385(8)
26 Diaspora Configuration and Jewish Occupation Patterns at the Beginning of the Middle Ages
393(10)
27 Effects of Religious Animosity on the Jews
403(18)
28 The Flowering of Centralized Leadership and the Rise of Local Leadership
421(18)
29 Jewish Social and Cultural Life Until the End of the Eleventh Century
439(23)
30 The Status and Economic Structure of Jewish Communities, 1096-1348
462(15)
31 Changes in the Legal Status and the Security of the Jews
477(13)
32 Leadership by Local Institutions and Scholars
490(27)
33 Social Life and Cultural Achievement
517(44)
34 The Collapse of Old Settlements and the Establishment of New Ones, 1348-1517
561(13)
35 Popular Pressure Against the Status of the Jews
574(19)
36 Jewish Autonomy from the Black Death to the Reformation
593(19)
37 Spiritual and Social Creativity
612(16)
38 Jewish Settlement and Economic Activity in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
628(18)
39 Changes in the Legal and Social Status of the Jews
646(13)
40 Autonomy: Institutions and Trends
659(32)
41 The Social Ideals of Jewry at the End of the Middle Ages
691(36)
PART VI The Modern Period 727(370)
S. Ettinger
42 Introduction
727(6)
43 Migration and Economic Activity in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
733(8)
44 The Attitude of European Society in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
741(9)
45 Legal Status in the Absolutist States and During the French Revolution
750(14)
46 The Internal Struggle in East European Jewry
764(13)
47 The Jewish Community in Western and Central Europe
777(13)
48 Demographic Changes and Economic Activity in the Nineteenth Century
790(10)
49 The Struggle for Emancipation in Western and Central Europe
800(13)
50 The Struggle for Emancipation in Eastern Europe
813(12)
51 Integration into the Non-Jewish World in the Nineteenth Century
825(9)
52 Ideological Changes in Jewish Society in the Nineteenth Century
834(13)
53 The New Patterns of Jewish Organization in the West in the Nineteenth Century
847(6)
54 The Failure of Emancipation, the Struggle for Survival and National Rebirth (1881-1948)
853(6)
55 Demographic Changes and Economic Activity at the End of the Nineteenth and Beginning of the Twentieth Centuries
859(11)
56 Modern Anti-Semitism and the Appearance of Anti-Semitic Parties
870(11)
57 Anti-Semitism as Official Government Policy in Eastern Europe
881(10)
58 The Growth of the Jewish National Movement and the Burgeoning of Independent Political Activity
891(17)
59 The Socialist Movement Among Jews Before the First World War
908(7)
60 The Growth of the Jewish Centre in Palestine Before the British Occupation
915(12)
61 The Growth of the New Jewish Culture: the Strengthening of Ties Between Jewish Communities and Their Increasing Role in Gentile Society
927(12)
62 New Trends in the Development of the Jewish People After the First World War
939(10)
63 Jews as a National Minority in East and Central European Countries Between the Wars
949(15)
64 Soviet Jewry Between the Wars
964(15)
65 American and West European Jewry Between the Wars
979(10)
66 The Zionist Movement and the `National Home' Between the World Wars
989(28)
67 The Second World War and the Holocaust
1017(23)
68 The Struggle for Independence and the Establishment of the State of Israel
1040(23)
69 The Diaspora After the Second World War
1063(12)
70 The Consolidation of the State of Israel
1075(22)
Bibliography 1097(27)
Index 1124

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