Reluctant Cosmopolitans

Reluctant Cosmopolitans
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Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Total Pages : 395
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ISBN-10 : 9781909821804
ISBN-13 : 1909821802
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Book Synopsis Reluctant Cosmopolitans by : Daniel M. Swetschinski

Download or read book Reluctant Cosmopolitans written by Daniel M. Swetschinski and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2000 National Jewish Book Award for Sephardic Studies Focusing on the social dimension of Amsterdam's Portuguese Jewish economic and religious life, Swetschinski paints a lively and unconventional picture of the dynamics of a remarkable Jewish community, the first traditional Jewish society to engage creatively with the non-Jewish, secular world in relative harmony. A broad, authentic, and original vision of the transition from medieval to modern Jewish history.


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