books by Jacob Rader Marcus (source world)

books by Jacob Rader Marcus

books:

The Jew in the Medieval World: A Source Book, 315-1791

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Jacob Rader Marcus

Hebrew Union College Press, 2000

amazing
This amazing book has 96 primary sources - excerpts from books and essays by and about pre-emancipation Jews, discussing topics as varied as Christian and Muslim oppression of Jews, Jewish religious law, Jewish false messiahs, and Jewish education. Some of the more interesting things I learned: *That Christian oppression of Jews began almost as soon as Christians took over the Roman ...

The Jew in the American World: A Source Book

Wayne State University Press, 1996

This volume is a documented history of the Jewish people in North America from the late 16th century. It chronicles the evolving domestic, religious and political experiences of Jews in the American colonies and later the United States.