The Jews
Subtitle: their history, culture, and religion
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 1949
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1431
Subjects: Jews; History; Civilization; Judaism; Jewish literature; History and criticism
Notes: Bibliography at end of each chapter.
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: The history of Judaism and the Jews --; title: The biblical period / William foxwell Albright --; title: The historical foundations of post biblical Judaism / Elias J. Bickerman --; title: The period of the Talmud / Judah Goldin --; title: The European age in Jewish history --; title: The Jews of western Europe / Cecil Roth --; title: The problem of European Jewry / Arieh Tartakower --; title: The American Jewish chronicle / Anita Libman Lebeson --; title: Jewish religious life and institutions in America / Moshe Davis --; title: The role of Judaism in civilization --; title: The Bible as a cultural monument / Robert Gordis --; title: The influence of Jewish law on the development of the common law / Jacob J. Rabinowitz --; title: On medieval Hebrew poetry / Shalom Spiegel --; title: The modern renaissance of Hebrew literature / Hillel Bavli --; title: The mystical element in Judaism / Abraham J. Heschel --; title: Judaism and world philosophy --; title: The contribution of Judaism to world ethics / Mordecai M. Kaplan --; title: Judaism and social welfare / Israel S. Chipkin --; title: Hellenistic Jewish literature / Ralph Marcus --; title: Judeo-arabic literature / Abraham S. Halkin --; title: Israel in Iran / Walter J. Fischel --; title: Yiddish literature / Yudel mark --; title: The role of education in Jewish history / Julius B. Maller --; title: Jewish educational institutions / Simon Greenberg --; title: The Jewish contribution in music / Eric Werner --; title: Judaism and art / Rachel Wischnitzer --; title: The contribution of Jews to medicine / Arturo Castiglioni --; title: Science and Judaism / Charles Singer --; title: Judaism and the democratic Ideal / Milton R. Konwitz --; title: The influence of the bible on English literature / David Daiches --; title: The influence of the bible on European literature / Frederick Lehner --; title: The sociology and demography of the Jews --; title: Who are the Jews? Melville J. Herskovits --; title: Sources of Jewish statistics / Uriah Zevi Engelman --; title: Jewish migrations / Jacob Lestschinsky --; title: The economic structure of modern Jewry / Nathan Reich --; title: The Jewish community / Samuel C. Kohs --; title: The Jewish religion --; title: The Jewish religion: its beliefs and practices / Louis Finkelstein.