History of the Jews Volumes 1-3 by Heinrich Graetz

A very nice copy of the first three volumes of the classic six  volume work, "History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz.   Volumes 1-3 available here cover from the earliest period to the death of Simon the Maccabee (135 BC), on to from the reign of Hyrcanus (135 BC) to the completion of the Babylonian Talmud, (500 AD), and on to Volume III from the Revolt Against the Zendik (511 C.E.) to the Capture of St. Jean D'Acre by the Mahometans (1291 C.E.), this volume commences with the Christianization of Judea and the Jews under Byzantine rule and continues through the Jews' spread across Western Europe and the expulsion of Jews from England and Gascony.   A landmark work of Jewish history and a worldwide phenomenon when it was first published, this masterpiece of Jewish history was translated in multiple languages and instantly become the de facto standard in the field. German academic HEINRICH GRAETZ (1817-1891) brings a sympathetic Jewish perspective to the story of his own people, offering readers today an affectionate, passionate history, not a detached, clinical one. Backed by impeccable scholarship and originally published in German across 11 volumes between 1853 and 1875, this six-volume English-language edition was abridged under the direction of the author, and brought to American readers by the Jewish Publication Society of America in 1891. It remains an important work of the study of the Jewish religion and people to this day.  1884 total pages in the three volumes, this set provide invaluable research material and is excellent reading, includes Expedite Shipping!

Condition Notes: shelf wear, minimal if any marking, strong binding and clean pages.  very strong VG grade.  no dust jackets