Format:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 323 p.)
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ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781400842483
Series Statement:
Princeton economic history of the Western world v.42
Content:
In 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.
Content:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 70 CE-1492: How Many Jews Were There, and Where and How Did They Live? -- From Jesus to Muhammad (1 CE-622): A World of Farmers -- From Muhammad to Hulagu Khan (622-1258): Farmers to Merchants -- From Hulagu Khan to Tomás de Torquemada (1258-1492): The End of the Golden Age -- Jewish History, 70 CE-1492: Puzzles -- Chapter 2 Were the Jews a Persecuted Minority? -- Restrictions on Jewish Economic Activities -- Taxation Discrimination -- Physical versus Portable Human Capital -- Self-Segregated Religious Minority -- The Economics of Small Minorities -- Summary -- Chapter 3 The People of the Book, 200 BCE-200 CE -- The Two Pillars of Judaism from Ezra to Hillel (500-50 BCE): The Temple and the Torah -- The Lever of Judaism: Education as a Religious Norm -- The Destruction of the Second Temple: From Ritual Sacrifices to Torah Reading and Study -- The Legacy of Rabbinic Judaism: The Mishna and Universal Primary Education, 10 CE-200 -- Judaism and Education: The Unique Link in the World of the Mishna -- Chapter 4 The Economics of Hebrew Literacy in a World of Farmers -- Heterogeneity and the Choices Facing Jewish Farmers circa 200 -- The Economic Theory: Basic Setup -- The Economic Theory: Predictions -- Life in a Village in the Galilee circa 200 through the Lens of the Theory -- Annex 4.A: Formal Model of Education and Conversion of Farmers -- Chapter 5 Jews in the Talmud Era, 200-650: The Chosen Few -- An Increasingly Literate Farming Society -- Conversions of Jewish Farmers -- Summary -- Chapter 6 From Farmers to Merchants, 750-1150 -- The Economics of Hebrew Literacy in a World of Merchants -- The Golden Age of Literate Jews in the Muslim Caliphates -- Summary.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691144870
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Chosen Few : How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Botticini, Maristella, 1966 - The chosen few Princeton and Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2012 ISBN 9780691144870
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691163512
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
Judentum
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Bildung
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Geschichte 70-1492
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