I ANTIQUITY 1 Farming in Biblical Times 2 Trade and Industry in Biblical Times 3 An Economic Survey of Jewish Life during the Pax Romana II THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD 4 Byzantine Jewry and the Medieval Economy5 Jewish Traders in the Medieval Mediterranean World 6 Jewish Economic Activities in Medieval Islam 7 The Jewish Moneylenders of Roussillon 8 When the Jewish Goose Stopped Laying Golden Eggs 9 The Economic Background to the Expulsion of Spanish Jewry III MERCANTILISM 10 Amsterdam Jewry during the Age of Mercantilism 11 Economic Background to the Restoration of English Jewry 12 The Jews in Early British Economic Thought13 Mercantilism and the Jews of France IV SHYLOCK, SOMBART, AND MARX 14 Shakespeare and the Usury Theme 15 Sombart, Modern Capitalism, and Jewish Enterprise 16 Marxs̕ Writings and Jewish Enterprise V ESSAYS IN BIOGRAPHY 17 The Brothers Goldsmid 18 The Rise of the Rothschilds 19 The Don Pacifico Affair 20 Marcus Samuel: Oil Giant of British Jewry VI NEW WORLDS 21 Jewish Economic Activities in Colonial Brazil22 The Mainspring of American Jewish Enterprise 23 The Jewish Impact on South African Economic Development 24 Israels̕ Economic Rebirth Selected Bibliography Index