The Story Of The Jews

Author : Simon Schama
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062339443
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Jews written by Simon Schama and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this magnificently illustrated cultural history—the tie-in to the pbs and bbc series The Story of the Jews—simon schama details the story of the jewish people, tracing their experience across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the new world in 1492 It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance in the face of destruction, of creativity in the face of oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life despite the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents—from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings; the palm groves of the Jewish dead in the Roman catacombs. And its voices ring loud and clear, from the severities and ecstasies of the Bible writers to the love poems of wine bibbers in a garden in Muslim Spain. In The Story of the Jews, the Talmud burns in the streets of Paris, massed gibbets hang over the streets of medieval London, a Majorcan illuminator redraws the world; candles are lit, chants are sung, mules are packed, ships loaded with gems and spices founder at sea. And a great story unfolds. Not—as often imagined—of a culture apart, but of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians. Which makes the story of the Jews everyone's story, too.

Author : Paul Johnson
Publisher : Associated University Presse
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book history of the jews written by Paul Johnson and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 1987 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Howard M. Sachar
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804150524
Total Pages : 1072 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Jews in America written by Howard M. Sachar and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning 350 years of Jewish experience in this country, A History of the Jews in America is an essential chronicle by the author of The Course of Modern Jewish History. With impressive scholarship and a riveting sense of detail, Howard M. Sachar tells the stories of Spanish marranos and Russian refugees, of aristocrats and threadbare social revolutionaries, of philanthropists and Hollywood moguls. At the same time, he elucidates the grand themes of the Jewish encounter with America, from the bigotry of a Christian majority to the tensions among Jews of different origins and beliefs, and from the struggle for acceptance to the ambivalence of assimilation.

Author : Michael Brenner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400834260
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the Jews written by Michael Brenner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise narrative history that brings the story of the Jewish people marvelously to life This is a sweeping and powerful narrative history of the Jewish people from biblical times to today. Based on the latest scholarship and richly illustrated, it is the most authoritative and accessible chronicle of the Jewish experience available. Michael Brenner tells a dramatic story of change and migration deeply rooted in tradition, taking readers from the mythic wanderings of Moses to the unspeakable atrocities of the Holocaust; from the Babylonian exile to the founding of the modern state of Israel; and from the Sephardic communities under medieval Islam to the shtetls of eastern Europe and the Hasidic enclaves of modern-day Brooklyn. The book is full of fascinating personal stories of exodus and return, from that told about Abraham, who brought his newfound faith into Canaan, to that of Holocaust survivor Esther Barkai, who lived on a kibbutz established on a German estate seized from the Nazi Julius Streicher as she awaited resettlement in Israel. Describing the events and people that have shaped Jewish history, and highlighting the important contributions Jews have made to the arts, politics, religion, and science, A Short History of the Jews is a compelling blend of storytelling and scholarship that brings the Jewish past marvelously to life.

Author : Abram Leon Sachar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Jews written by Abram Leon Sachar and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chaim Potok
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0593359291
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wanderings written by Chaim Potok and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating history of the Jews, told by a master novelist, here is Chaim Potok's fascinating, moving four thousand-year history. Recreating great historical events, exporing Jewish life in its infinite variety and in many eras and places, here is a unique work by a singular Jewish voice.

Author : Simon Schama
Publisher : Ecco
ISBN 13 : 9780060539207
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Jews Volume One written by Simon Schama and published by Ecco. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this magnificently illustrated cultural history—the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews—Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World in 1492 to the modern day. It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents—from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings; the palm groves of the Jewish dead in the Roman catacombs. And its voices ring loud and clear, from the severities and ecstasies of the Bible writers to the love poems of wine bibbers in a garden in Muslim Spain. In The Story of the Jews, the Talmud burns in the streets of Paris, massed gibbets hang over the streets of medieval London, a Majorcan illuminator redraws the world; candles are lit, chants are sung, mules are packed, ships loaded with spice and gems founder at sea. And a great story unfolds. Not—as often imagined—of a culture apart, but of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians. Which makes the story of the Jews everyone's story, too.

Author : Sherwin T. Wine
Publisher : IISHJ-NA
ISBN 13 : 0985151609
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Provocative People written by Sherwin T. Wine and published by IISHJ-NA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Heinrich Graetz
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Jews written by Heinrich Graetz and published by Cosimo Classics. This book was released on 1893 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark work of Jewish history and a worldwide phenomenon when it was first published, this masterpiece of Jewish history was translated in multiple languages and instantly become the de facto standard in the field. German academic HEINRICH GRAETZ (1817-1891) brings a sympathetic Jewish perspective to the story of his own people, offering readers today an affectionate, passionate history, not a detached, clinical one. Backed by impeccable scholarship and originally published in German across 11 volumes between 1853 and 1875, this six-volume English-language edition was abridged under the direction of the author, and brought to American readers by the Jewish Publication Society of America in 1891. It remains an important work of the study of the Jewish religion and people to this day.

Author : John Efron
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315508990
Total Pages : 1210 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jews written by John Efron and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 1210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jews: A History, second edition, explores the religious, cultural, social, and economic diversity of the Jewish people and their faith. The latest edition incorporates new research and includes a broader spectrum of people - mothers, children, workers, students, artists, and radicals - whose perspectives greatly expand the story of Jewish life.