A brief history of the Jewish People, from Abraham (1726 BCE) to the year 2000.
Moshe Weiss is an Orthodox rabbi who makes his homes in Israel and the United States. A prolific columnist and popular lecturer
Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1 Abraham to David: 1726-958 B.C.E.
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2 Solomon to the Destruction of the First Temple: Circa 990-586 B.C.E.
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3 The Babylonian Exile to the Return to Zion: 586-333 B.C.E.
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4 Alexander the Great to the Syrian Rule: 333-165 B.C.E.
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5 The Maccabean Revolt and the Hasmonean Period: 165-37 B.C.E.
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6 Herod to the Destruction of the Second Temple: 37 B.C.E, 70 C.E.
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7 Postdestruction Period to the Compilation of the Mishnah: 70-217
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8 Talmudic Period to the Rise of Islam: 225-622
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9 The Geonim and Saadiah Gaon: 700-1040
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10 The Golden Age in Spain to Maimonides: 900-1200
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11 Rashi and the Crusades: 1040-1300
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12 Public Disputations and the Maimonidean Controversy: 1200-1400
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13 The Spanish Inquisition to the Kabbalists of Safed: 1480-1600
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14 Germany and Holland: 1500-1650
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15 Poland and Pogroms: 1250-1772
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16 False Messiahs to Hasidism: 1650-1800
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17 Enlightenment and Emancipation: 1750-1900
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18 France and Religious Toleration: 1785-1906
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19 England and the United States: 1700-1914
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20 Russia and Jewish Nationalism: 1800-1914
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21 World War I to the Holocaust: 1914-1945
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22 The American Jewish Community: 1945-2000
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23 The State of Israel-The First Fifty Years: 1948-1998
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Historic Dates
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Glossary
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Index
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