"Social Life and Social Values of the Jewish People" is part of a series of special issues of the Journal of World History devoted to the history and culture of individual countries and peoples. CONTENTS:1. Ben-Zion DINUR, Jewish History . Its Characteristics and Continuity . 2. Zvi VERBLOVSKI,Messianism in Jewish History . 3. Chaim TADMOR, The People and Kingdom in Ancient Israel: The Role of Political Institutions in the Biblical Period 4. Yitzhak F. BER, Social Ideals of Second Temple Jewish Society . 5. Menachem Stern, The Hasmonean Revolt and Its Place in the History of Jewish Society and Jewish Religion 6. David G. Flusser, The Social Heritage of Qumran . 7. E. E. URBAH, The Wise Men of the Talmud, Their Personality and Authority. 8. Shmuel SAFRAI, Primary Education, Its Religious and Social Significance During the Talmud Period . 9. C. D. GOYTEIN, Jewish Society and Institutions under the Rule of Islam . 10. and . On the Social and Cultural History of Provencal Jewry . 11. X. X. BEN-SASSON, The “Northern” European Jewish Community and Its Ideals . 12. Chaim Beinart, Jewish Society in Spain . 13. Cécile ROT, Jewish Society in the Renaissance . 14. Sh. ETTINGER, Hasidism Reality and Ideals. 15. Yaakov KATS, Jewish National Movement. 16. Moshe MISHKINSKY, The Jewish Labor Movement and European Socialism . 17. Lloyd P. GARTNER, Immigration and the Formation of American Jewry 18401925. 18. Sh. N. Eisenstadt, Israeli society — features and problems. 19. X. X. BEN-SASSON, The trend of development of modern Jewish thinking and society .