A History of the Jews in England (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Albert Montefiore Hyamson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440042365 ISBN 13 : 9781440042362

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from A History of the Jews in England

But the story of the ]ews in England is something more than a mere illustration of the general for tunes of the Jews. The unparalleled preservation of mediaeval records in England enables the historian to trace more clearly than elsewhere the peculiar position of the ]ews under the Feudal System. Then, again, the stages in jewish emancipation in England are very accurately marked. We see the ]ews earning by civic virtues the claim for political rights. Emanci pation in England was not granted in obedience to abstract principles; it was a practical concession made by practical men. In other ways, too, the story told in this book has its importance not merely as a record of the past but as a guide and hope for the future. The tale unfolded may not be brilliant, but the moral pointed is inspiring.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Jewish population of theB ritish I sles has never formed any but a numerically insignificant proportion of theD iaspora. Yet, despite this relative insignificance of A nglo-J ewry, the story of the Jews in this country is of supreme importance to the student of the philosophy of Jewry and of Jewish history. The adage that history repeats itself is well worn, but none the less true. The history of the Jews in England is the history in miniature of theD iaspora. Since the opening of the Christian era the story of the Jews has everywhere been the same continual alternations of prosperity and persecution. With nations as with individuals the wheel of fortune ever revolves, but with the Jews its progress seems to have been more rapid, for the alternations have been more numerous than with any other race. But with the Jews the wheel lingers during the period of depression and hurries through that of elation in order to recover the time that has been lost. The story told in the following pages shows all the vicissitudes common these two thousand years to the lot of Jewry. The times of prosperity in England have been among the happiest in the annals of the race. At other seasons A nglo-J ewry has reached the lowest depths of despair, when but a step seemed to separate the community from annihilation. Yet that step here as elsewhere has never been taken.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440042365
• ISBN 13: 9781440042362
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 408
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