The story of the Jews A 4,000-year adventure

Stanley Mack

Book - 2010

Celebrates the major characters and events that have shaped the Jewish people and culture with witty, illustrated narrative.

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Published
Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Pub 2010.
Language
English
Main Author
Stanley Mack (-)
Edition
Quality paperback ed
Item Description
Originally published: New York : Villard, c1998.
Physical Description
xiv, 273 p. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9781580231558
  • Getting the message : The invisible God (Abraham-Moses) 2000 BCE-1200 BCE
  • The empire builders (Joshua-Solomon) 1200 BCE-925 BCE
  • The portable Torah (Prophets-Scribes) 925 BCE-444 BCE
  • The West, ready or not (Greeks-Romans) 332 BCE 135 CE
  • People from somewhere else : Playing by the rules (Talmud-Christians) 70 CE-500 CE
  • The adaptable people (Islam-Feudalism) 500 CE-1000 CE
  • Convert or else! (Crusades-Inquisition) 1000s-1500s
  • Caged (Ghetto-Shtetl) 1500s-1700s
  • Mystics and messiahs (Kabbalah-Hasidism) 1600s-1700s
  • God, the clock maker ( Enlightenment-Haskalah) 1700s-1800s
  • Travel plans (Zion) 1800s-1900s
  • Voyages through time and space : Cousins once removed (Palestine-America) 1900-1948
  • Cataclysm (The Holocaust) 1918-1946
  • Are we there yet? (Israel-United States) 1945-Present.