Social and religious history of Jews

The seventh of the social and religious history of Jews" Salo W. Baron is dedicated to the origin of Jewish linguistics and the first scientific works in this area, the development of liturgies, historical research, as well as poetic creativity and music.
Salo W. Baron (1895 - 1989) is one of the greatest Jewish historians of the 20th century, which created a scientific school and a new concept of the history of Jews. In the main work of his life - "Social and Religious Story of Jews" (the total edition includes eighteen volumes) - Baron, relying on the widest historical context, consistently debugs the traditional idea of ​​the Jewish story, which he called "a tearful theory". Jewish story, says Baron, does not boil down to constant persecution and mourning their victims - the most important feature of this people is the ability to survive and achieve prosperity in spreading. The Social and Religious Story of Jews closes a chain of large-scale work on the history of the Jewish people, begun by Heinrich Ginches and continued by Semen Dubnov. This essay largely determined the development of modern Jewish historiography