Introduction

Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein ()

A chapter in The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492, 2012 from Princeton University Press

Abstract: The Chosen Few offers a powerful new explanation of one of the most significant transformations in Jewish history while also providing fresh insights to the growing debate about the social and economic impact of religion.

Keywords: Jewish; history; 70 CE; agrarian; illiterate; 1942; male literacy; education; urbanites; crafts; trade; moneylending; medicine; Old World; radical change; transformation; commercial expansion; business opportunities; worldwide Diaspora; religion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9780691144870
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/i9744.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pup:chapts:9744-1

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Introductory Chapters from Princeton University Press
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Webmaster ().