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VOL.2 New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1968. First Edition
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Simon Dubnov HISTORY OF THE JEWS From the Early Roman Empire to the Early Medieval Period
According to Heinrich Graetz, Simon Dubnow was the first modern historian to present a comprehensive »World History of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day«. His ten-volume magnum opus was initially published in German. Since Dubnow’s thought was characterized by an intellectual proximity to the liberal political culture of Western Europe, he became a cultural mediator between Western and Eastern Jewry. So, for example, he had already translated Heinrich Graetz’s »Volkstümliche Geschichte der Juden«(English title: »History of the Jews«) into Russian in 1881. As a historian, Dubnow can be regarded as a pioneer on the basis of his historiographical model combining Jewish history with general history. In his memoirs, too, in which he reported – sometimes as an eyewitness – on key events in Jewish and general history, he revealed himself to be a »historian of his time«.