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The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492)
Simon Schama
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Description for The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492)
Paperback. Spanning the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford, this is a story of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 plate sections. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 448.
It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings; the palm groves of the Jewish dead in the Roman catacombs. And its voices ring loud and clear, from the ... Read more
It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings; the palm groves of the Jewish dead in the Roman catacombs. And its voices ring loud and clear, from the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099546689
SKU
9780099546689
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Ref
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About Simon Schama
Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University. His award-winning books, translated into fifteen languages, include Citizens, Landscape and Memory, Rembrandt's Eyes, A History of Britain, The Power of Art, Rough Crossings, The American Future, The Face of Britain and The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492). ... Read more
Reviews for The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492)
Schama at his best, a labour of love, as full of memorable incident as a Bellow novel and wittier than a Woody Allen movie
The Times
Schama has written a proud and personal story of his people, one that will make a good starting point for those interested in one of history's most fascinating and tragic ... Read more
The Times
Schama has written a proud and personal story of his people, one that will make a good starting point for those interested in one of history's most fascinating and tragic ... Read more