| Description |
x, 306 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Introduction -- Book I: The Biblical Period, 2000-538 Bce -- Chapter 1 In The Beginning -- Chapter 2 Welcome To The Promised Land -- Chapter 3 In the Days of the Kings -- Chapter 4 A Kingdom Divided -A Temple Destroyed -- Chapter 5 [CHAPTER TITLE TK] -- Book Ii: The Second Temple Period, 515bce - 70ce -- Chapter 6 "These Bones Shall Rise Again" -- Chapter 7 The Hebrews and the Hellenists -- Chapter 8 Religious Ferment: Different Visions of Service to God -- Chapter 9 "Veni, Vidi, Vici"-Rome and Jerusalem -- Book Iii: The First Millenium, 70 Ce - 1000 Ce -- Chapter 10 Struggling To Survive -- Chapter 11 The Age of the Talmud -- Chapter 12 The Challenge of Islam -Mohammed And The Caliphs -- Chapter 13 Different Kinds of Jews-The Karaites and the Khazars -- BOOK IV: Late Medieval Times, 1000 - 1700's -- Chapter 14 "It Was the Best of Times..." The Golden Age of Spain -- Chapter 15 "It Was the Worst of Times " The Church and the Jews -- Chapter 16 "Get Out And Stay Out"-The Decrees of Expulsion -- Chapter 17 The Renaissance-New Beginnings -- Chapter 18 The Three Spiritual Revolutions -- Chapter 19 America the Beautiful -- Chapter 20 "Libert,̌ Egalit,̌ Fraternit"̌ -The Winds of Change Buffet Western Europe -- Chapter 21 The Lingering Curse of Anti-Semitism -- Chapter 22 Zionism: "To Dream the Impossible Dream" -- Chapter 23 "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor ": The American Melting-Pot -- Chapter 24 The Horrors of the Holocaust -- Chapter 25 Welcome Home -Israel Reborn -- Chapter 26 War - and Peace? Hopes For the Future |
| Summary |
"Eyewitness to Jewish History brings you face to face with the people, places, and events that have shaped and been shaped by the Jewish experience, from ancient times to the modern day." "This unique chronicle transports you into the past through the accounts of people who witnessed and took part in these pivotal moments in history, drawing from diaries, journals, letters, newspaper accounts, public testimony, official communications, and ancient documents such as the Torah." "Traveling in this literary time machine, you'll meet Abraham and witness the birth of the Jewish people, flee with Moses from Egypt and ascend Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments, and struggle with the prophet Samuel over the formation of the Kingdom of Judea. You'll be there the first time the Torah is translated from Hebrew into another language, labor with Talmudic scholars to preserve and interpret Judaic Oral Law, and revel in Jewish accomplishments during the Golden Age of Spain." |
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"You will taste the bitter hatred, violence, and oppression that Jews have endured over two millennia - merciless Crusader attacks, the unspeakable persecution of the Inquisition pogroms in Russia, countless expulsions from country after country, and ultimately, the unimaginable horror of the Holocaust." "In every period of Jewish history, however, great evils have been balanced by even greater good. You'll witness the founding of the modern State of Israel the remarkable accomplishments of Jews in every aspect of American life, and important steps in the ongoing effort to achieve peace in the Middle East."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-296) and index |
| Subject |
Culture.
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Jews -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2003025235 |
| ISBN |
0471462330 cloth |
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