Add to ORKGIn 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 relig...
Before the eighth ninth centuries CE, most Jews, like the rest of the population, were farmers. With...
In modern times, various Jewish groups have argued whether Jewishness is a function of ethnicity, of...
Economic inequity is an issue of worldwide concern in the twenty-first century. Although these issue...
In 70 CE, the Jews were a large, agrarian, and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel...
In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Me...
Nel 70 d.C. gli ebrei erano per la maggior parte contadini analfabeti, residenti in Eretz Yisrael e ...
From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring any Jewish fath...
From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring any Jewish fath...
This Paper documents the major features of Jewish economic history in the first millennium to explai...
This paper documents the major features of Jewish economic history in the first millennium to explai...
From the end of the second century CE, Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring fathers to educat...
Since the Middle Ages the Jews have been engaged primarily in urban, skilled occupations, such as cr...
The demographic history of the Jews in the Middle Ages may be characterized by two main phenomena: i...
Before the eighth–ninth centuries CE, most Jews, like the rest of the population, were farmers. With...
Before the eighth-ninth centuries C.E., most Jews, like the rest of the population, were farmers. Wi...
Before the eighth ninth centuries CE, most Jews, like the rest of the population, were farmers. With...
In modern times, various Jewish groups have argued whether Jewishness is a function of ethnicity, of...
Economic inequity is an issue of worldwide concern in the twenty-first century. Although these issue...
In 70 CE, the Jews were a large, agrarian, and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel...
In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Me...
Nel 70 d.C. gli ebrei erano per la maggior parte contadini analfabeti, residenti in Eretz Yisrael e ...
From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring any Jewish fath...
From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring any Jewish fath...
This Paper documents the major features of Jewish economic history in the first millennium to explai...
This paper documents the major features of Jewish economic history in the first millennium to explai...
From the end of the second century CE, Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring fathers to educat...
Since the Middle Ages the Jews have been engaged primarily in urban, skilled occupations, such as cr...
The demographic history of the Jews in the Middle Ages may be characterized by two main phenomena: i...
Before the eighth–ninth centuries CE, most Jews, like the rest of the population, were farmers. With...
Before the eighth-ninth centuries C.E., most Jews, like the rest of the population, were farmers. Wi...
Before the eighth ninth centuries CE, most Jews, like the rest of the population, were farmers. With...
In modern times, various Jewish groups have argued whether Jewishness is a function of ethnicity, of...
Economic inequity is an issue of worldwide concern in the twenty-first century. Although these issue...