The Jewish journey : a passage through European history /: a passage through European history. (2015)
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- Book
- Title:
- The Jewish journey : a passage through European history /: a passage through European history. (2015)
- Main Title:
- The Jewish journey : a passage through European history
- Further Information:
- Note: Edward Gelles.
- Authors:
- Dr, Gelles, Edward
- Contents:
- Preface Introduction - A Mirror of the Past Part 1. Genealogical threads Carolingian connections in the 8th Century - Kalonymos of Narbonne In the Spanish March and Provence from the 10th Century - Benveniste and Shem Tov HaleviFrom Portugal to the Ottoman Empire in the 16th Century - Joseph Nasi, Duke of NaxosFrom Provence to Venice and beyond - Eliyahu Menachem Chalfan Part 2. 16th - 17th centuries 5. Bohemia, England, and America - David and Chaim Gans of Prague6. Golden age for the Jews of Prague - Judah Loew and contemporary Rabbis7. From Padua and Venice to Poland and Lithuania - Life and times of Saul Wahl8. A Polish Affair - Sigismund III Vasa and Hannele Wahl Part 3. 18th Century and later9. Capitalists and Rabbis - Galician social and economic background 10. Jewish Community Life in Brody - 'The Jerusalem of Austria'11. From the Baltic to the Black Sea - Jewish migrations in eastern Europe12. Shmuel Hillman of Metz - Connections of an influential 18th C Rabbi13 Frankists - A heretical Jewish sect in eastern Europe 14. Chasidism in the Age of Enlightenment - Rational and mystical strands in 18th Century JewryPart 4. Various roads to modern times15. Mendelssohn, Marx, Buber and other descendants of Saul Wahl16. Chayes: Prague, Brody, Livorno, and Vienna - Pan-European connections from the 15th to the 20th Centuries 17. They met in Trieste - Christians and Jews in an ethnic melting-pot 18. Rabbis and Lawyers - A shared ethosPart 5. A brief look back to our legendaryPreface Introduction - A Mirror of the Past Part 1. Genealogical threads Carolingian connections in the 8th Century - Kalonymos of Narbonne In the Spanish March and Provence from the 10th Century - Benveniste and Shem Tov HaleviFrom Portugal to the Ottoman Empire in the 16th Century - Joseph Nasi, Duke of NaxosFrom Provence to Venice and beyond - Eliyahu Menachem Chalfan Part 2. 16th - 17th centuries 5. Bohemia, England, and America - David and Chaim Gans of Prague6. Golden age for the Jews of Prague - Judah Loew and contemporary Rabbis7. From Padua and Venice to Poland and Lithuania - Life and times of Saul Wahl8. A Polish Affair - Sigismund III Vasa and Hannele Wahl Part 3. 18th Century and later9. Capitalists and Rabbis - Galician social and economic background 10. Jewish Community Life in Brody - 'The Jerusalem of Austria'11. From the Baltic to the Black Sea - Jewish migrations in eastern Europe12. Shmuel Hillman of Metz - Connections of an influential 18th C Rabbi13 Frankists - A heretical Jewish sect in eastern Europe 14. Chasidism in the Age of Enlightenment - Rational and mystical strands in 18th Century JewryPart 4. Various roads to modern times15. Mendelssohn, Marx, Buber and other descendants of Saul Wahl16. Chayes: Prague, Brody, Livorno, and Vienna - Pan-European connections from the 15th to the 20th Centuries 17. They met in Trieste - Christians and Jews in an ethnic melting-pot 18. Rabbis and Lawyers - A shared ethosPart 5. A brief look back to our legendary past19. Davidic DescentAppendices Onomastics and genetic genealogy20. Family names 21. A Study in Genetic Genealogy22. The Wahls of Tarnobrzeg - Genealogical links and DNA tests23. X-DNA matches and European roots24. Genetic admixture of Ashkenazi Jews - Relating to millennial migrations EpilogueGlossary. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : I.B. Tauris
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (384 pages)
- Subjects:
- 940.04924
Jews -- Europe -- Genealogy
Genetic genealogy -- Jews -- Europe
Families
Jews
Europe -- Genealogy
Europe
Bibliography
Genealogy
Family
Bibliography - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780857739780
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