Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Picciotto, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330328647 ISBN 13 : 9781330328644

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A spect these valuable registers, but to study them closely, with the kind assistance of theS ynagogue officials ;and months have been devoted to this labour. At the same time, he made continuous and diligent researches in all quarters where information on the subject that engrossed his attention was likely to be obtained. Libraries, public and private, were ransacked; friends good-naturedly unlocked ancient memories of past events on his behalf, and placed the correspondence of departed relatives at his disposal; eminent members of the Jewish community volunteered valuable information. Great care has been exercised to ensure accuracy; and it has been sought, so far as practicable, to obtain a confirmation of all statements and communications before any fact has been held out to the public as authentic. The result of the labours of the author appeared in print in the Jewish Chronicle, in a series of papers entitled Sketches of A nglo-J ewish History. As these papers were written pari passu with the progress of the researches, they necessarily bear the character of journalistic essays, rather than of a complete history. Whilst, therefore, the work in question does not aspire to rank as a regular history, the author claims to be the first Israelite who has given a full and connected account of the vicissitudes passed through by the Jews of Great Britain, from the days of theS axon kings until the middle of the present century. He also claims to have brought to light a mass of original information, the very existence of which was all but unsuspected. These papers, therefore, must prove of greater interest to Jews than to Christians. But though they were written by a Jew for Jews, the author trusts that Christians, whose faith was founded by members of the Jewish race, will find in these chapters, in addition to that which is entirely new, much that may be of in
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330328647
• ISBN 13: 9781330328644
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 440