Overview
This is a study of the Jews and Jewish communities of devon and Cornwal. It traces Jewish contacts in Biblical and Roman times; the well-documented Medieval Jewry of Exeter; and the vestiges of Jewish life in the wake of expulsion - in particular with regard to mining. The book then goes on to provide a detailed study of the demography, economic activity and cultural, social and religious life of South-West Jewry between 1730-1990.
Full Product Details
Author: Bernard Susser
Publisher: University of Exeter
Imprint: University of Exeter
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 23.80cm
Weight: 0.766kg
ISBN: 9780859893664
ISBN 10: 0859893669
Pages: 383
Publication Date: 01 September 1993
Audience:
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print 
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements, viii; Glossary, xi; List of Abbreviations, xv; List of Maps, xvi; List of Tables, xvii; List of Illustrations, xx; Preface, xxi; 1 Early Settlement; PART 1: Ancient Traces, 1; PART 2: The Medieval Jewry, 4; 2 Immigration and Emigration: The Jewish Communities after 1656; PART 1: Composition and Growth, 26; PART 2: Towns of Minor Jewish Settlement, 47; PART 3: Area of Town Occupied by Jews, 52; PART 4: Movement of Jews Within and Without the South West, 54; 3 Demographic Structure; PART 1: The Immigrants, 68; PART 2: Births, Marriages and Deaths, 71; 4 Occupations, 92; 5 Cemeteries and Synagogues, 126; 6 Communal Organization; PART 1: Lay and Religious Leadership, 136; PART 2: Synagogal Finances, 159; PART 3: Internal Communal Discipline, 168; 7 Religious Life, 172; 8 Philanthropy, 192; 9 Inventors, Writers and Artists, 206; 10 Acculturation and Assimilation, 221; Notes and References, 265; Additional Notes, 335; Selected Bibliography, 337; Index, 341.
Reviews
This well-documented account of the communities of Plymouth, Exeter, Falmouth and Penzance during the medieval and modern eras offers an affectionate account of provincial Jewish life in an overwhelmingly gentile environment, which led inexorably to a process of assimilation and eventual decline... The author, who was for many years the minister of Plymouth Hebrew Congregation . . . augments what is an essentially scholarly work with a wealth of anecdotes. (Jewish Chronicle)
This well-documented account of the communities of Plymouth, Exeter, Falmouth and Penzance during the medieval and modern eras offers an affectionate account of provincial Jewish life in an overwhelmingly gentile environment, which led inexorably to a process of assimilation and eventual decline... The author, who was for many years the minister of Plymouth Hebrew Congregation ... augments what is an essentially scholarly work with a wealth of anecdotes. (Jewish Chronicle)
Author Information
The late Rabbi Susser was a historian of Jews in the South West of England.
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