Publication

2001-01-16 - Oxford University Press, USA

Language

English

Word Count

120,000 words, Guess

Page Count

480 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCDS124.G37 2001
  • LCCDS124 .G37 2001

Description

"The history of the Jewish people is one of the greatest historical tapestries of modern times. Starting in 1650, when there were no more than one and a quarter million Jews in the world, Gartner looks at the Jewish traditions and communities, and how they interacted both externally and internally. The story moves through the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and into Emancipation, through the dark shadows of anti-Semitism, and up to the twentieth century with Zionism, the impact of World War II and the Holocaust, and the foundation of Israel." "This authoritative and lively introduction contains the story of the changing fortunes of the Jewish communities as they move through the Old World, Europe, the Middle East, and on to the New World of the Americas."--Jacket.

First Sentence

Beneath the surface of events the multiplication of Jewish population is a cardinal fact in modern Jewish history.

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