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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Brenner |
ISBN: | 9780691143514 069114351X 9780691154978 069115497X |
OCLC Number: | 463855870 |
Language Note: | Translation of: Kleine jüdische Geschichte. |
Description: | xiv, 421 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Foreword -- 1: From Ur to Canaan: a wandering people -- 2: From exile back home: priests and prophets -- 3: From Hebrew into Greek: disdain and admiration -- 4: From Modiin to Jerusalem: a Jewish state stands and falls -- 5: From Jerusalem to Yavneh: the Diaspora legitimates itself -- 6: From Medina to Baghdad: under Islamic rule -- 7: From Sura to Cordoba: Sepharad-Jewish culture on the Iberian peninsula -- 8: From Lucca to Mainz: Ashkenaz-the roots of Central European Jewry -- 9: From Lisbon to Venice: expulsions and their aftermath -- 10: From Khaybar to Rome: messianic and mystical movements -- 11: From West to East: a new center in Poland -- 12: From Dessau to Berlin: rural Jews, court Jews, and Enlightenment philosophers -- 13: From the ghetto to civil society: political emancipation and religious reform -- 14: From Posen to New Orleans: starting over in America -- 15: From the shtetl to the Lower East Side: East European Jewish dreams and American realities -- 16: From Budapest to Tev Aviv: an "old new land" in Zion -- 17: From Tétouan to Teheran: the Europeanization of Jews in the Islamic world -- 18: From Czernowitz to Cernauti: political crisis and cultural florescence between the Wars -- 19: From everywhere to Auschwitz: annihilation -- 20: From Julius Streicher's farm to the kibbutz: the Jewish world after the Holocaust -- Appendix: Jewish history in numbers -- Further reading -- Picture credits -- Index of names -- Index of place names. |
Other Titles: | Kleine jüdische Geschichte. |
Responsibility: | Michael Brenner ; translated by Jeremiah Riemer. |
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"As the title indicates, this is a compact survey of Jewish history, an introduction for general readers. Still, Professor Brenner manages to cover a great deal of ground while effectively explaining many of the key elements of the Jewish experience. From biblical times to the present, Brenner asserts, a recurring theme of Jewish history is migration, yet it is migration that constantly kept the land of Israel as the focus of Jewish emotions and aspirations... On the whole, this work serves as an excellent introduction."--Jay Freeman, Booklist "In this concise but all-encompassing account of the Jews, Brenner (After the Holocaust) does a remarkable job of escorting readers from the biblical narrative of Abraham's journey from Ur and idolatry through the treacherous, monotheistic course of Jewish history, concluding with modern-day Israeli society."--Publishers Weekly Religion Book Line "This is an excellent overview of Jewish history--a well-written, up-to-date survey for college students and the general reader. Considering the scope of the coverage, the book is remarkably concise. The explanations under the attractive illustrations aptly point to their relevance in the period being discussed."--Robert Seltzer, H-Net Reviews "Brenner offers a digestible, interesting, complex history, in an accessible format."--Jewish Book World "Recommended."--Sandra Collins, Library Journal "A Short History of the Jews is well-written and Jeremiah Riemer's translation from the German is quite readable. All in all, an excellent source for the reader, Jewish or otherwise."--Ed Sizemore, Denton Record-Chronicle "This elegantly produced, generously illustrated text attempts the impossible--the telling of 3,000 years of Jewish history in less than 400 pages."--Choice "Michael Brenner's lavishly illustrated and authoritative A Short History of the Jews is not exactly short, given its 421 pages with the index. But since he is dealing with about 3,000 years, Brenner's feat of condensation is commendable."--Sheldon Kirshner, Canadian Jewish News "[A]n interesting survey and good place to start for any reader curious about the history of the Jewish people in their societies."--Jay Howard Geller, Canadian Journal of History Read more...


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