Author : Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman
Release : 2015-05-07
Genre : History
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When Scotland Was Jewish - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook When Scotland Was Jewish write by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman. This book was released on 2015-05-07. When Scotland Was Jewish available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.