Simon Schama
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780099546689
- author:
- Simon Schama
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 512
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- History, Religious History, Other Religions
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Story of the Jews is a sweeping narrative that spans millennia and continents, tracing the Jewish experience from ancient India to medieval Europe. This epic story is one of endurance, creativity, and joy, set against the backdrop of oppression and destruction.
From the radiant wall paintings of a Syrian synagogue to the palm groves of the Jewish dead in Roman catacombs, the book takes you to unimagined places, where the voices of Jewish writers, love poets, and ordinary people ring loud and clear. You'll encounter a Jewish kingdom in southern Arabia, a Majorcan illuminator, and wine bibbers in Muslim Spain, as the story of the Jews unfolds.
What makes this story remarkable is its immersion in the cultures of the people among whom the Jews have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians. This is a story that reveals the Jewish world is not separate, but intertwined with the world around them, making it everyone's story too.
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