This book is a cultural history of seventeenth-century England. It explores the many, often contradictory ways people thought about themselves in relation to Jews, Judaism, and Jewish history. Grounded in archival research, the book analyzes the works of major writers including Foxe, Herbert, Bunyan, Milton, and Dryden. INDICE: Preface; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations and note to the Reader; Introduction; 1: Nation, Monarch, and Israel; 2: TheEnglish Church, Jewish Worship, and the Temple; 3: Revolution and Reformation: Parliament 'fast' sermons, the elect nation, and Biblical Israel; 4: Anglicans and Royalists at War and in Exile; 5: Political Alternatives and Israelite Foundations; 6: The Jewish Aspect of Radical Religion: millenarians and prophets; 7: Revisiting the Question of Jewish Readmission; 8: The Restoration: England and Israel, Milton and Dryden; Epilogue
- ISBN: 978-0-19-955716-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha Publicación: 23/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés