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The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE - 1492
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs, Saul Reichlin
- Length: 21 hrs and 8 mins
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The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE - 1492
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Publisher's Summary
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 severities and ecstasies of the Bible writers to the love poems of wine bibbers in a garden in Muslim Spain.
And a great story unfolds. Not - as often imagined - of a culture apart, but 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. Which makes the story of the Jews everyone's story, too.
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- Virginia w.
- 13-09-2022
the story of the jews
I found this book quite hard to follow.we seemed to be told events all over the place and I was often confused with which century we were in. but I was shocked by the terrible history the jews have had
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Soph
- 19-11-2024
Beautifully narrated overview
I learnt a lot about middle eastern and european Jewish experiences and culture. Would have liked to know more about Jews living in India for many centuries
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