History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz - Complete Six Volumes - 5727

Description: History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz - Complete Six Volumes - 5727 - 1967 The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1967, 553pp, 656pp, 675pp, 743pp, 766pp, 632pp, hardcover, 5.5 x 8.5” Heinrich Graetz (31 October 1817 - 7 September 1891) was a German exegete and one of the first historians to write a comprehensive history of the Jewish people from a Jewish perspective. Born Tzvi Hirsch Graetz to a butcher family in Xions (now Ksiaz Wielkopolski), Grand Duchy Posen, in Prussia (now in Poland), he attended Breslau University, but since Jews at that time were barred from receiving Ph.D.s there, he obtained his doctorate from the University of Jena. After 1845, he was principal of the Jewish Orthodox school of the Breslau community, and later taught history at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland). His magnum opus History of the Jews was the first Jewish history which threaded together a unified national history across the global Jewish communities. It was quickly translated into other languages and ignited worldwide interest in Jewish history, and later was used as a textbook in Israeli schools. As a result, Graetz was widely considered a Zionist or proto-Zionist, but historians have also noted his support for European assimilation. Good condition. Wear on cover and minor bumping on tips. Titles in silver on spines; black leather title plates that are slightly faded due to age. Top fore edges are painted a reddish purple. Textblock is clean with minor toning and staining Please review all photos for details.

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