03640nam 2200733 a 450 991077911700332120231129231248.01-283-53984-597866138522981-4008-4248-410.1515/9781400842483(CKB)2550000000105110(EBL)967432(OCoLC)804049023(SSID)ssj0000695118(PQKBManifestationID)11446278(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000695118(PQKBWorkID)10670375(PQKB)10230105(MiAaPQ)EBC967432(StDuBDS)EDZ0000515131(DE-B1597)447728(OCoLC)1013945257(OCoLC)922637529(DE-B1597)9781400842483(Au-PeEL)EBL967432(CaPaEBR)ebr10579816(CaONFJC)MIL385229(PPN)195532805(PPN)187959455(EXLCZ)99255000000010511020120112d2012 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrThe chosen few[electronic resource] how education shaped Jewish history, 70-1492 /Maristella Botticini and Zvi EcksteinCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Press20121 online resource (345 p.)Princeton economic history of the Western worldDescription based upon print version of record.0-691-14487-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Illustrations --Tables --Preface --Introduction --Chapter 1. 70 Ce-1492. How many Jews were there , and Where and how did they Live ? --Chapter 2. Were The Jews a Persecuted Minority? --Chapter 3. The People of The Book, 200 Bce-200 Ce --Chapter 4 The Economics of Hebrew Literacy in a World of Farmers --Chapter 5. Jews in the Talmud Era, 200-650 The Chosen Few --Chapter 6. From Farmers to Merchants, 750-1150 --Chapter 7. Educated Wandering Jews, 800-1250 --Chapter 8. Segregation or Choice? --Chapter 9. The Mongol Shock --Chapter 10. 1492 to Today --Appendix --Bibliography --Index --BackmatterIn 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.Princeton economic history of the Western world.JewsHistory70-1789JudaismHistoryTo 1500JewsEconomic conditionsTo 1500JewsHistoryJudaismHistoryJewsEconomic conditions909/.04924Botticini Maristella286600Eckstein Zvi115768MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779117003321The chosen few3766723UNINA