The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492) by Simon Schama, CBE (Paperback, 2014)

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By Simon Schama, CBE, Simon Schama. 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 odds. Which makes the story of the Jews everyone's story, too.

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'Unforgettable...a delicious cacophony of conversations and clamorous arguments echoing across history' Daily Telegraph The landmark history of a people, culture and a world. 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. Within these pages, the Talmud burns in the streets of Paris, massed gibbets hang over the streets of medieval London, a Majorcan illuminator redraws the world; candles are lit, chants are sung, mules are packed, ships loaded with spice and gems founder at sea. 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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PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780099546689
eBay Product ID (ePID)209478729

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Book TitleThe Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 Bce-1492)
AuthorSimon Schama, Cbe
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages512 Pages

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Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Item Weight439g

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Title_AuthorSimon Schama, Cbe
Topic AreaSocial Organisations
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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