Tradition and Crisis: Jewish Society at the End of the Middle Ages
by Katz, Jacob
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Free Press of Glencoe, Inc, 1961. First American edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. VIII, 280pp. Uncut. Original pictorial wrappers over with white and black lettering on spine. Fascinating work in which Jacob Katz describes the development of Jewish apartness after the Middle Ages which reached its apogee in the 18th century, giving specific attention to social stratification. The author examines the dynamics of Jewish society in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, and probes into Jewish attitudes toward the Gentile world. He describes various aspects of Jewish communal and super-communal institutions: family kinship, synagogue, schools and economic activities. He shows the importance of two major internal movements for change, Hasidism and Haskala, to Jewish communities in various parts of Europe, and to those Jews that had already resettled in the Holy Land. Minor age wear on wrappers with head of spine creased and partly chipped. Previous owner's stamp on inside of front cover. Wrappers in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28632
- Title
- Tradition and Crisis: Jewish Society at the End of the Middle Ages
- Author
- Katz, Jacob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- The Free Press of Glencoe, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Jewish customs, ceremonies, Jewish literature, Jewish Faith, Jewish society at the end of the Middle Ages, First edition, Reference
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...