When Scotland Was Jewish

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When Scotland Was Jewish
Author : Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Publisher : McFarland
Language : English
Release Date : 07 May 2015
ISBN : 0786455225
Pages : 264 pages
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When Scotland Was Jewish by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman Book PDF Summary

The popular image of Scotland is dominated by widely recognized elements of Celtic culture. But a significant non–Celtic influence on Scotland’s history has been largely ignored for centuries? This book argues that much of Scotland’s history and culture from 1100 forward is Jewish. The authors provide evidence that many of the national heroes, villains, rulers, nobles, traders, merchants, bishops, guild members, burgesses, and ministers of Scotland were of Jewish descent, their ancestors originating in France and Spain. Much of the traditional historical account of Scotland, it is proposed, rests on fundamental interpretive errors, perpetuated in order to affirm Scotland’s identity as a Celtic, Christian society. A more accurate and profound understanding of Scottish history has thus been buried. The authors’ wide-ranging research includes examination of census records, archaeological artifacts, castle carvings, cemetery inscriptions, religious seals, coinage, burgess and guild member rolls, noble genealogies, family crests, portraiture, and geographic place names.

When Scotland Was Jewish

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