The Story of the Jews
Finding the Words, 1000 BC-1492 AD
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2013]
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: 1 online resource (496 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
Details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World in 1492 to the modern day. A tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews.
Contents:
Papyrus, potsherd, parchment. In Egypt ; The words ; Delving, divining-- ; Classical Jews? -- Mosaic, parchment, paper. The Menorah and the Cross ; Among the believers ; The women of Ashkenaz ; Trials ; Exile from exile.
ISBN:
9780062339447
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Ebook
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2013 by the Bodley Head, an imprint of Random House UK"--Title-page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [431]-465) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [431]-465) and index.
Description based on print version record.