The Jews: A History

ISBN-13: 9781138303119 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 572 str.

John Efron; Steven Weitzman; Matthias Lehmann

Opis

The Jews: A History is a comprehensive and accessible text that explores the religious, cultural, social, and economic diversity of the Jewish people and their faith. Updated throughout and supported by case study boxes, online references, further reading, maps and illustrations, it provides students with the perfect grounding in Jewish history.

Spis treści

List of figures List of maps Preface Publishers Acknowledgements Notes on Spelling and Transliteration 1. Ancient Israel and Other Ancestors 2. Becoming the People of the Book 3. Jews and Greeks 4. Between Caesar and God 5. From Temple to Talmud 6. Under the Crescent 7. Under the Cross 8. A Jewish Resistance 9. New Worlds, East and West 10. The State of the Jews, the Jews and the State 11. Modern Transformations 12. The Politics of Being Jewish 13. A World Upended 14. The Holocaust 15. Into the Present Timeline of Jewish History Glossary Index