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Routledge
542 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
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First published in 2010. Long the standard authority on the subject, this classic work is the enlarged and revised edition begun by Israel Abrahams, one of the most distinguished Jewish scholars of his time, and completed after his death by the renowned Anglo-Jewish historian Cecil Roth. Through his writings, Abrahams made many aspects of Jewish culture and history, previously known only to... Read more
INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. THE CENTRE OF SOCIAL LIFE. CHAPTER II. LIFE IN THE SYNAGOGUE. CHAPTER III. COMMUNAL ORGANIZATION. CHAPTER IV. INSTITUTION OF THE GHETTO. CHAPTER V. SOCIAL MORALITY. CHAPTER VI. THE SLAVE TRADE. CHAPTER VII. MONOGAMY AND THE HOME. CHAPTER VIII. HOME LIFE (continued) CHAPTER IX. LOVE AND COURTSHIP. CHAPTER X. MARRIAGE CUSTOMS. CHAPTER XI. TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS. CHAPTER XII. TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS (continued).
Biography
The British scholar Israel Abrahams (1858-1925) wrote on Jewish history, literature and sociology and was a founder of the Jewish Quarterly Review
