The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 by Maristella Botticini, Zvi Ecksteinpremium off white cream pages Stitched binding Matte cover local premium copy Language English Dimensions 5. 5 x 8. 26 inches Genre Non fiction, Interviews, Relationships 342 pages summary In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places