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The Jews

A History

John Efron author Matthias Lehmann author Steven Weitzman author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:22nd Nov '18

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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.

Placing Jewish history within its wider cultural context, the book covers a broad time span, stretching from ancient Israel to the modern day. It examines Jewish history across a range of settings, including the ancient Near East, the age of Greek and Roman rule, the medieval realms of Christianity and Islam, modern Europe, including the World Wars and the Holocaust, and contemporary America and Israel, covering a variety of topics, such as legal emancipation, acculturation, and religious innovation. The third edition is fully updated to include more case studies and to encompass recent events in Jewish history, as well as religion, social life, economics, culture, and gender.

Supported by case studies, online references, further reading, maps, and illustrations, The Jews: A History provides students with a comprehensive and wide-ranging grounding in Jewish history.

'The Jews: A History is in its own class as a one-volume, comprehensive work. Superb for introductory to graduate courses, it is furthermore an essential reference for all scholars whose work engages Jewish Studies in any discipline. This book succeeds remarkably in providing historically-grounded narratives and analyses of critical events. It brilliantly illuminates the pathways, which are notoriously difficult to navigate without a trusted guide, in the complex historiography concerning the Jews.'

Michael Berkowitz, University College London, UK

ISBN: 9781138303119

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1632g

572 pages

3rd edition