Jerusalem on the Amstel: the quest for Zion in the Dutch Republic

Introduction

Part I: An end to wandering. Tempest-tossed and found

From atonement to salvation

A sea-change in seafaring

The war of the rabbis

Judaism as nationality

The double life of Uriel da Costa

Baruch Spinoza: The heretic within

Hope in Israel: In "the land of milk and cheese"

The messiah who almost came

Rembrandt's neighbors

The Makom: "The glory of the Amstel and its senate"

Part II: From riches to rags. Abraham Palache, still a wandering Jew

David Cohen Paraira, the last Cohen of the Esnoga

The curious case of the Curiels

"They closed the curtains when the trains passed by"

Postscript

Notes

Bibliography

Index.