Lincoln and the Jews: A History (USED)

Description: Product Description : Lincoln and the Jews: A History One hundred and fifty years after Abraham Lincolns death the full story of his extraordinary relationship with Jews is told here for the first time Lincoln and the Jews A History provides readers both with a captivating narrative of his interactions with Jews and with the opportunity to immerse themselves in rare manuscripts and images many from the Shapell Lincoln Collection that show Lincoln in a way he has never been seen beforeLincolns lifetime coincided with the emergence of Jews on the national scene in the United States When he was born in 1809 scarcely 3000 Jews lived in the entire country By the time of his assassination in 1865 largescale immigration principally from central Europe had brought that number up to more than 150000 Many Americans including members of Lincolns cabinet and many of his top generals during the Civil War were alarmed by this development and treated Jews as secondclass citizens and religious outsiders Lincoln this book shows exhibited precisely the opposite tendency He also expressed a uniquely deep knowledge of the Old Testament employing its language and concepts in some of his most important writings He befriended Jews from a young age promoted Jewish equality appointed numerous Jews to public office had Jewish advisors and supporters starting already from the early 1850s as well as later during his two presidential campaigns and in response to Jewish sensitivities even changed the way he thought and spoke about America Through his actions and his rhetoricreplacing Christian nation for example with this nation under Godhe embraced Jews as insidersIn this groundbreaking work the product of meticulous research historian Jonathan D Sarna and collector Benjamin Shapell reveal how Lincolns remarkable relationship with American Jews impacted both his path to the presidency and his policy decisions as president The volume uncovers a new and previously unknown feature of Abraham Lincolns life one that broadened him and as a result broadened America( it is an used product )

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