| Description |
xvii, 460 pages : map., illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The Biblical Era. Creation. Adam and Eve. Cain and Abel. Methuselah. Noah. Abraham and Isaac. Rachel. Jacob and the Twelve Tribes. Joseph in Egypt. Moses and Aaron. the Exodus. in the Wilderness. Amalek. the Golden Calf. Mount Sinai and the Ten Commandments. the Ark of the Covenant. Joshua and the Promised Land. Deborah and the Rule of the Judges. Samson and Deliliah. Saul and David. Solomon and the First Temple. the Israelite Kingdoms. the Prophet Elijah. Jezebel. The Assyrian Conquest. the First Diaspora. Hezekiah and the Kingdom of Judah. th Prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah. the Babylonian Conquest. the Second Diaspora. Zedekiah's Revolt. Judaism and Jewish Identity. Ezra and the New Covenant. Nehemiah and Judaea Renewed |
| Summary |
An epistolary narrative follows the story of the Jews from Abraham's adoption of monotheism, through the biblical and Greco-Roman eras and the centuries of diaspora, to the twentieth-century founding of the state of Israel |
| Notes |
Includes Index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 377-379 |
| Subject |
Jews -- History.
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Judaism -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2001042973 |
| ISBN |
0297607405 hardback |
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0805241884 |
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