The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth Century Spain - Hardcover

Netanyahu, B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679410651 ISBN 13: 9780679410652

Publisher: Random House, 1995

Synopsis

Bringing to life the tragic history of the Jews and their Christianized descendants in Spain, Professor Netanyahu gives us a new intrepretation of the Spanish Inquisition and the origins of modern anti-Semitism.

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life the tragic history of the Jews and their Christianized descendants in Spain, Professor Netanyahu gives us a new intrepretation of the Spanish Inquisition and the origins of modern anti-Semitism.

About the Author:

Benzion Netanyahu has achieved international recognition for his exemplary scholarship on Spain's Jews and Marranos. His best-known works are Don Isaac Abravanel and The Marranos of Spain. Professor Netanyahu has previously been editor in chief of the Encyclopedia Hebraica, general editor of the World History of the Jewish People, and co-editor of the Jewish Quarterly Review. Netanyahu is a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research and a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Historicas in Spain. He is also Professor Emeritus at Cornell University. His son, Benjamin, is a former Prime Minister of Israel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679410651
• ISBN 13: 9780679410652
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1384