The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BC-1492 ADIn this magnificently illustrated cultural history—the tie-in to the pbs and bbc series The Story of the Jews—simon schama details the story of the jewish people, tracing their experience across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the new world in 1492 It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance in the face of destruction, of creativity in the face of oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life despite the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents—from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings; the palm groves of the Jewish dead in the Roman catacombs. And its voices ring loud and clear, from the severities and ecstasies of the Bible writers to the love poems of wine bibbers in a garden in Muslim Spain. In The Story of the Jews, the Talmud burns in the streets of Paris, massed gibbets hang over the streets of medieval London, a Majorcan illuminator redraws the world; candles are lit, chants are sung, mules are packed, ships loaded with gems and spices founder at sea. And a great story unfolds. Not—as often imagined—of a culture apart, but of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians. Which makes the story of the Jews everyone's story, too. |
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LibraryThing Review
Avis d'utilisateur - joeydag - LibraryThingI had some difficulties reading this history. The author is brilliant and his writing can be quite demanding. Also he covers some of the most wretched tragedies. I don't think I've felt so ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE – 1492 CE
Avis d'utilisateur - John Carter McKnight - GoodreadsSimply the best book I've read in many years, due largely to the quality of Schama's voice. As a history, it's fascinating in its wide range - from the Mesopotamia of 1000 BC to the Spanish ... Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
The Words | |
Delving Divining | |
Classical Jews? | |
The Menorah and the Cross | |
Among the Believers | |
The Women of Ashkenaz | |
Trials | |
Exile from Exile | |
Acknowledgements | |
Notes | |
Index | |
Photographic Insert | |
About the Author | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492) Simon Schama Aucun aperçu disponible - 2014 |
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 BCE – 1492) Simon Schama Aucun aperçu disponible - 2013 |
