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The Jews Among the Greeks and Romans

By Max Radin

2019-03-07 20:09:44

It is a counsel of perfection that any historical study should be approached with complete detachment. To such detachment I can make all the less claim as I freely admit an abiding reverence for the history of my own people, and, for the life of anci ... Read more
It is a counsel of perfection that any historical study should be approached with complete detachment. To such detachment I can make all the less claim as I freely admit an abiding reverence for the history of my own people, and, for the life of ancient Greece and Rome, a passionate affection that is frankly unreasoning. At no place in the course of the following pages have I been consciously apologetic. It is true that where several explanations of an incident are possible, I have not always selected the one most discreditable to the Jews. Doubtless that will not be forgiven me by those who have accepted the anti-Semitic pamphlets of Willrich as serious contributions to historical research. Less

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File size1227.581 KB
Print pages421
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2010-02-04
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780801859380
Author
Max Radin (born in March 29, 1880 in Kempen; died June 22, 1950 in Berkeley) was an American legal scholar, philologist, and author. The noted anthropological scholar Paul Radin was his younger brothe...

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