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When Scotland was Jewish : DNA evidence, archeology, analysis of migrations, and public and family records show twelfth century Semitic roots /

"Much traditional history of Scotland rests on fundamental interpretive errors perpetuated to maintain an origin as Celtic, Christian. This equation of Scotland with Celtic culture in popular (and academic) imagination has buried a more accurate understanding of its history. Research includes c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hirschman, Elizabeth Caldwell, 1949-
Other Authors: Yates, Donald N. (Donald Neal), 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2007.
Subjects:
Jews > Scotland > History.
Jews > Scotland > Genealogy.
Scotland > History.
Scots > History.
Scots > Genealogy.
Jews.
Scots.
Scotland.
Schottland.
Juden.
Genealogy.
History.
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Summary:"Much traditional history of Scotland rests on fundamental interpretive errors perpetuated to maintain an origin as Celtic, Christian. This equation of Scotland with Celtic culture in popular (and academic) imagination has buried a more accurate understanding of its history. Research includes census records, archaeological artifacts, cemetery inscriptions, religious seals, coinage, noble genealogies, portraiture, and place names"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:vi, 258 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 27 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252) and index.
ISBN:9780786428007
0786428007
9780786477098
0786477091