A History of the Jews
by Sachar, Abram Leon
Published by : Alfred A. Knopf (New York) Physical details: 478 p| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | 909.0974924 Sac (Browse shelf) | Available | 43711 |
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Includes index
The cast of characters --
The origins of the Hebrews --
The Hebrews enter Palestine --
The growth of national consciousness --
A house divided against itself --
The prophets : the living Hebrew conscience --
The rise of Judaism --
Life and labour in biblical Palestine --
The meeting of Hellenism and Hebraism --
The end of the Jewish state --
The rise of Christianity --
The development of the Talmud --
The new Moslem world --
The golden age in Moslem Spain --
Four bloody centuries in Christian Europe --
The decline and fall of Jewish life in Spain --
Havens of refuge --
Degeneration --
The Jew in the mediaeval world --
The end of the Jewish Middle Ages --
The fall of the mediaeval citadel --
The triumph of liberalism --
Factors in American Jewish history --
The Russian Jewish nightmare --
Cultural and religious changes --
The revival of anti-Semitism --
Zionism --
From Sarajevo to San Remo, 1914-20 --
Europe between the wars --
The western hemisphere in the twentieth century --
The epic of Palestine --
World War II and after --
The new state of Israel.
A complete history of thirty centuries of Judaism, with emphasis on economic, social and environmental factors and religious and philosophical development. For other editions, see Author Catalog.
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