A Short History of the Jews / / Michael Brenner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Brenner, Michael,
• MitwirkendeR: Riemer, Jeremiah,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (440 p.) :; 92 halftones. 1 table. 5 maps.

A concise narrative history that brings the story of the Jewish people marvelously to lifeThis is a sweeping and powerful narrative history of the Jewish people from biblical times to today. Based on the latest scholarship and richly illustrated, it is the most authoritative and accessible chronicle of the Jewish experience available. Michael Brenner tells a dramatic story of change and migration deeply rooted in tradition, taking readers from the mythic wanderings of Moses to the unspeakable atrocities of the Holocaust; from the Babylonian exile to the founding of the modern state of Israel; and from the Sephardic communities under medieval Islam to the shtetls of eastern Europe and the Hasidic enclaves of modern-day Brooklyn. The book is full of fascinating personal stories of exodus and return, from that told about Abraham, who brought his newfound faith into Canaan, to that of Holocaust survivor Esther Barkai, who lived on a kibbutz established on a German estate seized from the Nazi Julius Streicher as she awaited resettlement in Israel. Describing the events and people that have shaped Jewish history, and highlighting the important contributions Jews have made to the arts, politics, religion, and science, A Short History of the Jews is a compelling blend of storytelling and scholarship that brings the Jewish past marvelously to life.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. From Ur to Canaan -- 2. From Exile Back Home -- 3. From Hebrew into Greek -- 4. From Modiin to Jerusalem -- 5. From Jerusalem to Yavneh -- 6. From Medina to Baghdad -- 7. From Sura to Cordoba -- 8. From Lucca to Mainz -- 9. From Lisbon to Venice -- 10. From Khaybar to Rome -- 11. From West to East -- 12. From Dessau to Berlin -- 13. From the Ghetto to Civil Society -- 14. From Posen to New Orleans -- 15. From the Shtetl to the Lower East Side -- 16. From Budapest to Tel Aviv -- 17. From Tétouan to Teheran -- 18. From Czernowitz to Cernauti -- 19. From Everywhere to Auschwitz -- 20. From Julius Streicher’s Farm to the Kibbutz -- Appendix: Jewish History in Numbers -- Further Reading -- Picture Credits -- Index of Names -- Index of Place Names