IT
UNIVERSITY PRESS_____--:
The second volume of a monumental series
The World History
of the Jewish People
THE DARK AGES
Jews
in
Christian Europe, 711-1096
EDITED BY CECIL ROTH
The first volume to cover in authoritative detail a phenomenon
of enormous historical significance-the westward migration of
the Jews from Orient to Occident in the years after 700 A.D.
which marked the r eal beginning of modern European Jewish
history. Sixteen eminent scholars have contributed to this vitally
important work which traces the progress of the Jews as they
migrated to Italy, France and Germany. There are chapters on
the Roman Church and the Jews, on Rabbinic scholarship in
several countries, and on early Hebrew poetry in Northern
Europe.
492 pages, notes, bibliog., index, 60 illustrations,
9
maps $17.50
The first volume
At The Dawn of Civilization
A BACKGROUND OF BIBLICAL HISTORY
EDITED BY E. A. SPEISER
"A superlative achievement.... Immensely readable, it is also
an immensely valuable contribution to the history of civiliza–
tion. . . . Undoubtedly the most expert, engrossing and en–
lightening book on the background of Biblical history that has
thus far appeared."-NELSON GLUECK,
N ew York Times
Notes, bibliog., index,
88
-illustrations,
6
maps
$17.50
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS
New Brunswick, New Jersey
