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*The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (Hinges of History)*
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Thomas Cahill, author of the bestselling How the Irish Saved Civilization, continues his Hinges of History series with The Gifts of the Jews, a light-handed, popular account of ancient Jewish culture, the culture of the Bible. The book is written from a decidedly modern point of view. Cahill notes, for instance, that Abraham moved the Jew... »

*Jews and Power (Jewish Encounters)*
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Gave me an unexpected and refreshing perspective on the history of the Jewish people. They have much to be proud of, I learned, particularly in their need to excel without armies, national power, or centralized wealth and influence in the centuries before establishment of the present State of Israil. The perspective is especially interesting in consi... »

*Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations*
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You can be sure that any book which includes on its cover the words "magisterial" (twice), "monumental" and "massive" is not going to be a quick read. Martin Goodman's 550 plus page analysis of the relationship between the Jews and Rome is clearly a work of scholarship. His knowledge of both Rome and the Jews during the Roman Empire is prodigious. ... »

The Works of Josephus: Complete and Unabridged,
This is a really good reference book during the times of Jesus and is well worth reading if you like history.... »

The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scand
Relations between Jews and Christians have improved significantly since Louis Brandeis was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by Woodrow Wilson in 1916, ... »

A Short History of the Jewish People: From Lege
"Jewish history is often told not as a narrative of real people with human problems and interests but as an idealized national myth," writes Raymond Schei... »

A History of Prophecy in Israel - revised and e
Blenkinsopp's book is a classical introduction to the prophetic books of the Old Testament. This revised and enlarged edition keeps available an important... »

Peace Be Upon You: Fourteen Centuries of Muslim
For the most part Karabell does a fine job of analyzing the past. While the Muslim conquests were not wars of religion, as perceived by the West, they we... »

From the Maccabees to the Mishnah, Second Editi
If a history of the Jewish polity from about 167 BCE to 70 CE is part of what you are looking for here, you will need to look elsewhere. The text is comp... »

Yeshua: A Guide to the Real Jesus and the Origi
This book comes with glowing endorsements from a number of serious, heavyweight scholars. Apart from the generous praise of these men, many of whom I resp... »

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