This book is a survey of the history of the Jewish people from
biblical antiquity to the present, spanning nearly 2,500 years and
traversing five continents.
Opening with a broad introduction which addresses key questions
of terminology and definition, the book's ten chapters then go on
to explore Jewish history in both its religious and non-religious
dimensions. The book explores the social, political and cultural
aspects of Jewish history, and examines the changes and
continuities across the whole of the Jewish world throughout its
long and varied history. Topics covered include:
- the emergence of Judaism as a religion and way of life
- the development during the Middle Ages of Judaism as an
all-encompassing identity
- the effect on Jewish life and identity of major changes in
Europe and the Islamic world from the mid sixteenth through the end
of the nineteenth century
- the complexity of Jewish life in the twentieth century, the
challenge of anti-semitism and the impact of the Holocaust, and the
emergence of the current centres of World Jewry in the State of
Israel and the New World.
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