A History of the Modern Jews; Or Annals of the Hebrew Race, 1860: From the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Time (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from A History of the Modern Jews; Or Annals of the Hebrew Race, 1860: From the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Time

Tun following work treats of a subject which is not only impor tant in itself, but possesses attractions for the general reader. The Jewish people are more remarkable in some respects than any other which have ever existed. They are the oldest of the races, so far as a direct line of historical descent is concerned, which now flourish upon the globe for they may trace their genealogy back by an unbroken line to Abraham. Neither the cultivated Greeks nor the martial Romans, in ancient times, were as venerable as the cotemporary Jews yet these have passed away, while the He brews remain. The various races which are now most potent and prominent in the world, - the British, the French, the German.

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