The Jewish Question: Biography of a World ProblemThis monumental work of Alex Bein, noted scholar and chief librarian of the Israeli National Library, is the most authoritative survey of Jewish culture and Jewish problems in the Diaspora. First published in two massive volumes in German, it is here made available in a single volume in English. |
Contents
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The Development of the Jewish Question in the ChristianEuropean Middle Ages | 83 |
The Development of the Jewish Question in the Modern Age up to the French Revolution | 136 |
Emancipation and the Jewish Question 17891880 | 207 |
Modern AntiSemitism and Its Place in the History of the Jewish Question | 229 |
The Reaction of the Jews to the Renewed JewBaiting and AntiSemitism | 260 |
Zionism and the Jewish Question | 283 |
The State of Israel the Jewish Diaspora and the Jewish Question | 409 |
Retrospect and Prospect | 446 |
Notes and Excursuses | 472 |
Preface | 476 |
Introduction | 477 |
Foundations and Conditions Jews and Environment in Ancient Times | 483 |
The Development of the Jewish Question in the ChristianEuropean Middle Ages | 499 |
The Development of the Jewish Question in the Modern Age up to the French Revolution | 519 |
The Attempt at a Radical Final Solution of the Jewish Question in Accordance with the AntiSemitic Racial Doctrine 19331945 | 312 |
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