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Book SynopsisA brief history of the Jewish People, from Abraham (1726 BCE) to the year 2000.
Trade ReviewIn this popular account of the contours of Jewish history, Rabbi Weiss reaffirms that an abiding faith in the Torah's teachings is the mainstay ensuring our survival. -- Dr. Norman Lamm, Yeshiva University
A wonderful book for the student or adult to begin one's journey into the fascinating story of the Jews. Rabbi Weiss is to be commended for his efforts and scholarship. -- Rabbi Berel Wein, author of Triumph of Survival
Rabbi Weiss has performed a great service in writing a concise and readable history of our people. His work is most refreshing and necessary. -- Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
The history of the Jewish people is anything but brief - so many centuries, so many countries, so many languages, so many movements, so many personalities and so much more material both primary and secondary. Squeezing all this into a slim volume that is readable, concise, accurate, and that balances comprehensive scope with rich details is quite challenging. For the most part Rabbi Dr. Weiss manages to do just that. One may quibble with what was omitted and how many paragraphs were allotted to certain topics, as one may differ on certain interpretations of events. However, this volume is a very good and efficient summary of many major element of Jewish history...This book is well suited as an introductory text of Jewish history, and the Glossary and Index are quite useful. * Jewish Book World *
I warmly recommend this book as an elementary textbook for the study of Jewish history. * AJL Newsletter *
This highly readable and erudite book must appeal to anyone interested in Jewish history. -- Elie Wiesel
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Abraham to David: 1726-958 B.C.E. Chapter 2 Solomon to the Destruction of the First Temple: Circa 990-586 B.C.E. Chapter 3 The Babylonian Exile to the Return to Zion: 586-333 B.C.E. Chapter 4 Alexander the Great to the Syrian Rule: 333-165 B.C.E. Chapter 5 The Maccabean Revolt and the Hasmonean Period: 165-37 B.C.E. Chapter 6 Herod to the Destruction of the Second Temple: 37 B.C.E.-70 C. E. Chapter 7 Postdestruction Period to the Compilation of the Mishnah: 70-217 Chapter 8 Talmudic Period to the Rise of Islam: 225-622 Chapter 9 The Geonim and the Saadiah Gaon: 700-1040 Chapter 10 The Golden Age in Spain to Maimonidean Controversy: 1200-1400 Chapter 11 The Spanish Inquisition to the Kabbalists of Safed: 1480-1600 Chapter 12 Germany and Holland: 1250-1772 Chapter 13 False Messiahs to Hasidism: 1650-1800 Chapter 14 Enlightenment and Emancipation: 1750-1900 Chapter 15 France and Religious Toleration: 1785-1906 Chapter 16 England and the United States: 1700-1914 Chapter 17 Russia and Jewish Nationalism: 1800-1914 Chapter 18 World War I to the Holocaust: 1914-1945 Chapter 19 The American Jewish Community: 1945-2000 Chapter 20 The State of Israel—The First Fifty Years: 1948-1998
