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Index
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Names
Tribe
People of the Book
Diaspora people
Nation
Race
2 Numbers
How many Israelites were there?
Jews and cities
Jews under Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages
The Spanish Expulsion and its ripples
The modern age: growth and loss
3 Cultures
The monotheistic revolution and ancient Jewish culture
The universalizing revolution and medieval Jewish cultures
The secular revolution and modern Jewish cultures
4 Politics
Jews and the community
Jews and the state
Jews and the self
5 Perceptions
“A novel form of worship opposed to all that is practised by other men”
“Money is the jealous God of Israel”
“The world’s foremost problem”
The burdens and benefits of exceptionalism
References
Further reading
Index
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