The Accountants of Nineveh: Exile Jews and Capitalism in British Imperial Thinking

Journal of the History of Ideas 84 (2):233-261 (2023)
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Abstract:This essay presents and discusses how James Rennel (1742–1830), a royal cartographer in eighteenth-century Bengal and father of British Modern Geography, presented and discussed the biblical concept of "exile" as a "practice" for the benefit of the empire. Following Rennell's readings in Biblical and Classical texts, this essay shows how Rennell intervened in contemporary European debates about Jews and trade.

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