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Jewish Contributions to Civilization: An Estimate
Joseph Jacobs was a thinker and writer of unusual breadth and versatility. Among the subjects to which he gave his attention as early as 1886 was the comparative distribution of Jewish ability, as the result of researches he had undertaken in association with Sir Francis Galton. The present work was the natural outcome of these studies which appeared in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute. Contents: Prefatory Statement Introduction: The Higher Anti-Semitism The People of the Book The Church and the Jews Jews Become Europeans Medieval Jews as Intellectual Intermediaries Influence of Jewish Thought in the Middle Ages Jews and Commerce Jews and Capitalism Excursus on Sombart The Breakdown of the Church Empire Jews and Liberalism Index
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Jewish Contributions to Civilization: An Estimate
Joseph Jacobs was a thinker and writer of unusual breadth and versatility. Among the subjects to which he gave his attention as early as 1886 was the comparative distribution of Jewish ability, as the result of researches he had undertaken in association with Sir Francis Galton. The present work was the natural outcome of these studies which appeared in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute. Contents: Prefatory Statement Introduction: The Higher Anti-Semitism The People of the Book The Church and the Jews Jews Become Europeans Medieval Jews as Intellectual Intermediaries Influence of Jewish Thought in the Middle Ages Jews and Commerce Jews and Capitalism Excursus on Sombart The Breakdown of the Church Empire Jews and Liberalism Index
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Jewish Contributions to Civilization: An Estimate

Jewish Contributions to Civilization: An Estimate

by Joseph Jacobs
Jewish Contributions to Civilization: An Estimate

Jewish Contributions to Civilization: An Estimate

by Joseph Jacobs

Overview

Joseph Jacobs was a thinker and writer of unusual breadth and versatility. Among the subjects to which he gave his attention as early as 1886 was the comparative distribution of Jewish ability, as the result of researches he had undertaken in association with Sir Francis Galton. The present work was the natural outcome of these studies which appeared in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute. Contents: Prefatory Statement Introduction: The Higher Anti-Semitism The People of the Book The Church and the Jews Jews Become Europeans Medieval Jews as Intellectual Intermediaries Influence of Jewish Thought in the Middle Ages Jews and Commerce Jews and Capitalism Excursus on Sombart The Breakdown of the Church Empire Jews and Liberalism Index

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781410207470
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Publication date: 07/19/2003
Pages: 340
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.85(d)
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