{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-jews-isbn-9780060915339","title":"A History of the Jews","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A tour de force. . . . A remarkable achievement.\"\u003c\/b\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A marvelous book. . . . This is history: richly textured, provocative and wise.\"\u003c\/b\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom acclaimed historian Paul Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eModern Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA History of American People\u003c\/i\u003e, this brilliant work of world history offers a 4000 year survey that covers not only Jewish history—from ancient Israel to the modern day—but the impact of Jewish genius and imagination on the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy have the Jews endured for 4,000 years, and what has been their profound role in the story of humanity?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Birth of Monotheism:\u003c\/b\u003e Trace the story from Abraham’s covenant and the origins of a single, ethical God to the laws of Moses and the writing of the Bible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA History of Survival:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow the long, often tragic, history of a tenacious people through exile, persecution, the ghetto, and the Holocaust.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eImpact on Civilization:\u003c\/b\u003e Examine the magnitude of the debt Christianity owes to Judaism and the immense impact of Jewish genius on global culture and thought.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Age of Zion:\u003c\/b\u003e Understand the modern era, from the rise of Emancipation to the creation of a controversial and beleaguered state of its own in Zion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | A national bestseller, this brilliant 4000 year survey covers not only Jewish history but he impact of Jewish genius and imagination on the world. By the author of \u003cem\u003eModern Times: The World From the Twenties to the Eighties.\u003c\/em\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"A tour de force. . . . A remarkable achievement.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An absorbing, provocative, well-written, often moving book, an insightful and impassioned blend of history and myth, story and interpretation.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMerle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A marvelous book. . . . This is history: richly textured, provocative and wise.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Johnson has put together in one volume an extraordinary amount of useful information, and talks realistically about the Jews of the last four centuries, to which his devotes more than half of his book.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A powerful reminder of Jewish achievement throughout the ages.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Gilbert, Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Johnson brings to his subject a vitality that can't be matched in any of the professional one-volume histories. . . . His writing is dramatic without histrionics, graphic without being highly colored.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Gross, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887332225253,"sku":"NP9780060915339","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060915339.jpg?v=1730225915","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-history-of-the-jews-isbn-9780060915339","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}