Product Description: [From the flap] "Rabbi Akiba, the learned, pious hero of this classic biography, ranks in depth of intellect, breadth of sympathy, and clarity of vision with the foremost personalities in Jewish tradition.l According to Dr. Finkelstein, Akiba "dominated the whole scene of Jewish history for eighteen centuries...read more

(view table of contents)

(view table of contents)

Product Description: A comprehensive history of the constitutional activities of the European Jewish communities during the Middle Ages. Various texts, in Hebrew with English translations, describe the enactments of the different synods.

Product Description: Authors Include Clarence E. Pickett, Ordway Tead, Henry Norris Russell, Edwin Grant Conklin, Richard McKeon, Edwin D. Canham, Elbert D. Thomas, Judith Berlin Lieberman, Channing H. Tobias, David De Sola Pool, Basil O'Connor, Willard L. Sperry, And Julian Morgenstern.