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  • The Jewish Eighteenth Century

    A European Biography, 1700–1750

    by Shmuel Feiner ...
    Translated by Jeffrey M. Green ...
    Series series Olamot Series in Humanities and Social Sciences
    The eighteenth century was the Jews' first modern century. The deep changes that took place during its course shaped the following generations, and its most prominent voices still reverberate today. In this first volume of his magisterial work, Shmuel Feiner charts the twisting and fascinating world of the first half of the 18th century from the viewpoint of the Jews of Europe. Paying careful ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • The Jewish Eighteenth Century

    A European Biography, 1700–1750

    by Shmuel Feiner ...
    Translated by Jeffrey M. Green ...
    Series series Olamot Series in Humanities and Social Sciences
    The eighteenth century was the Jews' first modern century. The deep changes that took place during its course shaped the following generations, and its most prominent voices still reverberate today. In this first volume of his magisterial work, Shmuel Feiner charts the twisting and fascinating world of the first half of the 18th century from the viewpoint of the Jews of Europe. Paying careful ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Jewish Enlightenment

    by Shmuel Feiner ...
    Translated by Chaya Naor ...
    Series series Jewish Culture and Contexts
    At the beginning of the eighteenth century most European Jews lived in restricted settlements and urban ghettos, isolated from the surrounding dominant Christian cultures not only by law but also by language, custom, and dress. By the end of the century urban, upwardly mobile Jews had shaved their beards and abandoned Yiddish in favor of the languages of the countries in which they lived. They ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • The Jewish Eighteenth Century, Volume 2

    A European Biography, 1750–1800

    by Shmuel Feiner ...
    Translated by Jeffrey M. Green ...
    Series series Olamot Series in Humanities and Social Sciences
    The second volume of Shmuel Feiner's The Jewish Eighteenth Century covers the period from 1750 to 1800, a time of even greater upheavals, tensions, and challenges. The changes that began to emerge at the beginning of the eighteenth century matured in the second half.Feiner explores how political considerations of the Jewish minority throughout Europe began to expand. From the "Jew Bill" of 1753 ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Jewish Enlightenment

    by Shmuel Feiner ...
    Translated by Chaya Naor ...
    Series series Jewish Culture and Contexts
    At the beginning of the eighteenth century most European Jews lived in restricted settlements and urban ghettos, isolated from the surrounding dominant Christian cultures not only by law but also by language, custom, and dress. By the end of the century urban, upwardly mobile Jews had shaved their beards and abandoned Yiddish in favor of the languages of the countries in which they lived. They ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Moses Mendelssohn

    by Shmuel Feiner, Anthony Berris ...

    $28.99 CAD

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  • Power & Powerlessness in Jewish History

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  • Hitler, the Holocaust, and the Bible: A Scriptural Analysis of Anti-Semitism, National Socialism, and the Churches in Nazi Germany

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  • A Short History of the Jews

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    Recovering the True Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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