Few Words to the Jews

Klappentext This rare example of nineteenth-century Anglo-Jewish writing offers a fascinating insight into the social life of Victorian Jews. Zusammenfassung Charlotte Montefiore published A Few Words to the Jews anonymously in 1853. The nine essays cover topics including the Sabbath! Jewish women! Jewish materialism! and religious festivals. The work is a rare example of a nineteenth-century Anglo-Jewish writer's call for religious reform and social justice within her community. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The present age and Judaism; 2. God's truth and man's truth; 3. The labourer's Sabbath; 4. Thoughts on the day of rest; 5. The Passover; 6. The feast of weeks; 7. The Jewish woman; 8. On immortality; 9. The island of jewels.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Montefiore, Montefiore Charlotte
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.2010
• EAN: 9781108020367
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02036-7
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory