ABSTRACT

The Jews: A History, second edition, explores the religious, cultural, social, and economic diversity of the Jewish people and their faith. The latest edition incorporates new research and includes a broader spectrum of people - mothers, children, workers, students, artists, and radicals - whose perspectives greatly expand the story of Jewish life.

chapter 1|31 pages

Ancient Israel and Other Ancestors

chapter 2|26 pages

Becoming the People of the Book

chapter 3|27 pages

Jews and Greeks

chapter 4|31 pages

Between Caesar and God 86

chapter 6|29 pages

Under the Crescent

chapter 7|31 pages

Under the Cross

chapter 8|25 pages

A Jewish Renaissance

chapter 11|38 pages

Modern Transformations

chapter 12|42 pages

The Politics of Being Jewish

chapter 13|39 pages

A World Upended

chapter 14|38 pages

The Holocaust

chapter 15|41 pages

Into the Present