PDF The Jew in the Modern World A Documentary History Paul MendesFlohr Jehuda Reinharz 9780195389067 Books

Product details Paperback 944 pages Publisher Oxford University Press; 3 edition (December 21, 2010) Language English ISBN-10 0195389069

The Jew in the Modern World A Documentary History Paul MendesFlohr Jehuda Reinharz 9780195389067 Books Reviews

• As a Jewish history professor, I assign this book every semester I teach the modern era. It is undoubtedly the best collection of documents available.
  
  I was thrilled when I noticed that an electronic edition had finally been published, and I immediately purchased it.
  
  Unfortunately, the version is the second edition of the book, originally published in 1995, not the third edition, which was published in 2010. does not mention this anywhere on the product page. The editors made substantial revisions and additions for the third edition. Why would publish an outdated edition?
  
  So do not buy the edition because you will not be getting what you think you're getting. I believe this technically constitutes false advertising. And if expects their customers to go digital than they need to rethink their approach.
  
  And if you assign this book in class warn your students not to buy the edition.
• The third edition of this excellent anthology of sources includes many useful additions. (Less useful are the cross-references to texts in the second edition that were cut out from the third.) However, CAVEAT EMPTOR the Edition advertised here is the SECOND EDITION, and hence not the same book as the third edition. should make this fact clear, and should offer free replacement of the outdated edition once the version of the 3rd edition is available. For the rest, the book has rightly taken its place as a staple on the reading list of undergraduate courses on modern Judaism.
• super informative and i learned a lot from this book! def would recommend renting or buying if you are interested in the subject!
• This is an excellent supplementary reader for a Jewish studies course at the undergraduate upper division or graduate level. It contains a wealth of translated documents from the European Jewish experience in the modern period. It covers both the Western and Eastern European experience, and is an excellent source for studying the encounter of Judaism with modernity, particularly the haskalah and Hasidism.
• A comprehensive collection of sources indispensable to the student of modern Jewish history
• Great book, seller is very recommended!
• Came in decent condition,
• I purchased this book as part of a Bar Mitzvah gift for a relative. I had an opportunity to leaf through it before wrapping and was impressed with the lovely illustrations and the overall manner that the history was presented. In reading snipets of chapters, I felt that it was not only a reference book but a piece of literature that would encourage continued reading of the volume as well as additional research. It is my understanding that the young man who was the recipient was very pleased with this book, as were his parents.