Werner Sombart claimed in The Jews and Modern Capitalism that the most learned Talmudists were also financiers, medical men, jewelers, and merchants.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Sombart's The Jews and Modern Capitalism contains the statement that the most learned Talmudists were also the cleverest financiers, medical men, jewellers and merchants, matching the claim's content. The page cited in the post (133) does not match the page numbers in the available scans (196, 213), which likely reflects different editions, not a contradiction.
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… Now, Sombart did teach me something in The Jews and Modern Capitalism, which he wrote in 1911. The wealthiest Jews, going back, not only either, either were Talmudic scholars themselves or financed them, and he says on page 133, the most learned Talmudists were also the cleverest financiers, medical men, jewelers, merchants. We're told that some of the Spanish ministers of finance, bankers, and court physicians, that they devoted to the study of the Holy Writ, meaning the Talmud, not only on the Sabbath day but also at least two nights of each week. …
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Supports. The book's text states: "The most learned Talmudists were also the cleverest financiers, medical men, jewellers, merchants," which matches the claim's content (the dropped word 'cleverest' is in the source and the claim omits it).[2][3]
Supports. A secondary quotation by Werner Mosse reproduces Sombart's line that the most learned Talmudists were the most skilled financiers, doctors, jewelers and merchants, independently confirming the attribution to Sombart.[4]
Context. The book is identified as Sombart's 1911 work in the catalog and bibliographic records, so the claim names the correct work.[1][5][6]
Context. The post cites page 133, while the scanned editions show the passage on pages 196 and 213. This is a page-numbering difference across editions and does not affect the core assertion.[2][3]
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6 sources: 1 primary, 5 not rated
- 1The Jews and Modern Capitalism, by Werner Sombart et al.onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 2The Jews and Modern Capitalism Werner Sombartclassiques.uqam.ca · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3The Jews and Modern Capitalismia801406.us.archive.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4When Victims Rulefisheaters.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5The Jews and Modern Capitalism - Werner Sombart - Google Booksbooks.google.gg · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Anxieties of Distinctiveness: Werner Sombart's The Jews and ...kclpure.kcl.ac.uk · not rated · cited for: context
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