Main entry:

Roth, Cecil, 1899-1970.

Title & Author:

A history of the Jews : from earliest times through the six day war / Cecil Roth.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publication:

New York : Schocken Books, ©1970.

Description:

452 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
First American ed. (1935) has title: A bird's-eye view of Jewish history; 1st British ed. (1936) : A short history of the Jewish people.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-438).
Book one: Israel circa 1600-586 b.c.e. The birth of the Hebrew people -- The establishment of the monarchy -- The kingdom of Samaria -- The kingdom of Judah -- The prophets of Israel -- Book two: The Jew circa 586 b.c.e. -- 425 c.e. The return from exile -- The struggle against Hellenism -- The Hasmonaean state -- The hegemony of Rome -- The patriarchate -- The Mesopotamian center -- The development of the Talmud -- Book three: Diaspora 425-1492. The diaspora in Europe -- The triumph of Christianity -- The hegemony of Islam -- The northern centers -- The new learning -- The shadow of the cross -- The social revolution -- Expulsions and persecutions -- The crowning tragedy -- Book four: The break of dawn 1492-1815. Renaissance and reformation -- The Levantine refuge -- Poland (to 1648) -- Life in the ghetto -- The dawn of liberty -- The fall of the ghetto -- Book five: The new age 1815-1935. Revolution and emancipation -- Anti-Semitism and the new diaspora -- A new world -- Book six: Catastrophe and resurrection. Catastrophe -- The state of Israel -- The six day war.

ISBN:

0805200096
9780805200096

Subject:

Jews History.
Juifs Histoire.
Jews.
Joden.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Schocken paperbacks on Judaica.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 84576
Call No.: ID:93-B1464
Status: Available