LEADER 03702nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910452823403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-53984-5 010 $a9786613852298 010 $a1-4008-4248-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400842483 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105110 035 $a(EBL)967432 035 $a(OCoLC)804049023 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000695118 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11446278 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000695118 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10670375 035 $a(PQKB)10230105 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC967432 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000515131 035 $a(DE-B1597)447728 035 $a(OCoLC)1013945257 035 $a(OCoLC)922637529 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400842483 035 $a(PPN)195532805$9sudoc 035 $a(PPN)187959455 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL967432 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579816 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL385229 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105110 100 $a20120112d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe chosen few$b[electronic resource] $ehow education shaped Jewish history, 70-1492 /$fMaristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton economic history of the Western world 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14487-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tTables -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. 70 Ce-1492. How many Jews were there , and Where and how did they Live ? -- $tChapter 2. Were The Jews a Persecuted Minority? -- $tChapter 3. The People of The Book, 200 Bce-200 Ce -- $tChapter 4 The Economics of Hebrew Literacy in a World of Farmers -- $tChapter 5. Jews in the Talmud Era, 200-650 The Chosen Few -- $tChapter 6. From Farmers to Merchants, 750-1150 -- $tChapter 7. Educated Wandering Jews, 800-1250 -- $tChapter 8. Segregation or Choice? -- $tChapter 9. The Mongol Shock -- $tChapter 10. 1492 to Today -- $tAppendix -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $t Backmatter 330 $aIn 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World, from Seville to Mangalore. What caused this radical change? The Chosen Few presents a new answer to this question by applying the lens of economic analysis to the key facts of fifteen formative centuries of Jewish history. Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein offer a powerful new explanation of one of the most significant transformations in Jewish history while also providing fresh insights into the growing debate about the social and economic impact of religion. 410 0$aPrinceton economic history of the Western world. 606 $aJews$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aJudaism$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aJews$xEconomic conditions$yTo 1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJews$xHistory 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xEconomic conditions 676 $a909/.04924 700 $aBotticini$b Maristella$0286600 701 $aEckstein$b Zvi$0115768 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452823403321 996 $aThe chosen few$92455850 997 $aUNINA