{"product_id":"the-history-of-anti-semitism-volume-2-from-mohammed-to-the-marranos-paperback-softback-9780812218640","title":"The History of Anti-Semitism, Volume 2; From Mohammed to the Marranos (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812218640","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe History of Anti-Semitism, Volume 2\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Mohammed to the Marranos\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLeon Poliakov (Author), Natalie Gerardi (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812218640\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 October 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.626 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A scholarly but eminently readable tracing of the sources and recurring themes of anti-Semitism.\"-\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Poliakov has demonstrated brilliantly how widely and deeply versed he is in his subject.\"-\u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Highly recommended without exception.\"-\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"LÉon Poliakov's work on antisemitism is of enormous importance. As a work of scholarship it is almost without peer. One could have imagined that Poliakov's study might have given a long overdue burial to the longest hatred. Sadly-tragically-it has taken on a new urgency in our time as the images and issues have been resurrected at the beginning of the twenty-first century.\"-Michael Berenbaum, Director, Sigi Ziering Institute\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Poliakov has shown that anti-Semitism is no chance phenomenon but an emanation of European culture.\"-\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany, \u003ci\u003eThe History of Anti-Semitism\u003c\/i\u003e presents in elegant and thoughtful language a balanced, careful assessment of this egregious human failing that is nearly ubiquitous in the history of Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Mohammed to the Marranos focuses on the Sephardim\u003c\/i\u003e, the Jews of North Africa and Iberia. Poliakov relates the great achievements of Spanish Jewry under the Muslim Caliphs followed by their gradual and painful decline during and after the Christian reconquest. The author explains the emergence of the Marrano culture, Jews who converted to Christianity, and the dispersion of those Jews who refused to convert in the face of expulsion and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520772993304,"sku":"9780812218640","price":28.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-history-of-anti-semitism-volume-2-from-mohammed-to-the-marranos-paperback-softback-9780812218640","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}