Abraham David is Senior Researcher at the Jewish National
and
University Library in Jerusalem and author of many books, including
A Hebrew
Chronicle from Prague, c. 1615, also published by this press.
Dena Ordan
is a free-lance translator in Jerusalem.
To Come to the Land spans the realms of economic history,
demography, and intellectual life. It is an outstanding work of
scholarship on a subjectof both historical importance and
contemporary significance. With thisedition, the author has
performed a vital service by acquainting the non-Hebrewreader and
nonspecialist with materials normally known to scholars alone.--Jay
Berkovitz, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
This is a book of the highest order of scholarship, synthesizingan
enormous body of research, most of it available only in Hebrew,
aboutthe Jewish community in the Land of Israel during the century
followingthe Expulsion from Spain. Especially valuable is the way
the author showsthe interconnections among Ottoman policy, economic
realities, demographic upheavals, and cultural creativity.--Marc
Saperstein, Washington University
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