The History of the Second Jewish Commonwealth: Prolegomena

Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. XII, 78pp. Original brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Publisher's logo on title page. Remarkable work shedding a new light on the history of the Second Jewish Commonwealth. The first Jewish commonwealth was ended by the Babylonian conquest of 586 B.C.E. The second Jewish commonwealth, although besieged by shortlived conquests, endured until it became a Roman province, "Palestina," in 44 B.C.E. and eventually ceased under Roman conquest in 70 C.E. Since then there have been various foreign rulers and conquerors over this region, but no sovereign, independent state until 1948. Then the third Jewish commonwealth in the form of the modern state of Israel was birthed in one day, once again in the territory of former Canaan, which was promised to the patriarchs of Israel and is claimed by God to be His own Land and the portion of His heritage. Moderate rubbing along edges of binding. Back cover partly scratched. Very minor age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in very good condition.