The Story of the Jews

A funny and fresh look at 4,000 years of Jewish history. Celebrates the major characters and events that have shaped the Jewish people and culture. Through witty, illustrated narrative, we visit all the major happenings from biblical times to the twenty-first century.

Introduction

xiii

I Getting the Message

The Invisible God (Abraham-Moses) 2000 BCE-1200 BCE*

3

(20)

The Empire Builders (Joshua-Solomon) 1200 BCE-925 BCE

23

(14)

The Portable Torah (Prophets-Scribes) 925 BCE-444 BCE

37

(16)

The West, Ready or Not (Greeks-Romans) 332 BCE-135 CE

53

(22)

II The People from Somewhere Else

Playing by the Rules (Talmud-Christians) 70 CE-500 CE

75

(16)

The Adaptable People (Islam-Feudalism) 500 CE-1000 CE

91

(16)

Convert or Else! (Crusades-Inquisition) 1000s-1500s

107

(24)

Caged (Ghetto-Shtetl) 1500s-1700s

131

(14)

Mystics and Messiahs (Kabbalah-Hasidism) 1600s-1700s

145

(12)

God, the Clock Maker (Enlightenment-Haskalah) 1700s-1800s

157

(20)

Travel Plans (Zion) 1800s-1900s

177

(18)

III Voyages through Time and Space

Cousins Once Removed (Palestine-America) 1900-1948

195

(30)

Cataclysm (The Holocaust) 1918-1946

225

(18)

Are We There Yet? (Israel-United States) 1945-Present

243

(24)

Index

267

(22)

About Jewish Lights

289

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The Story of the Jews

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