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1990.062.001

Core
Title
A History of the Jews
Title (generic)
Book

This book is about the History of the Jews and it is broken down into seven parts. Part one: Israelites, it talks about the symbolism of Machpelah Cave, their new kind of God, the ethical Flood, Abraham and the historical rebirth, Monotheism in embryo, the promised land, the Tribes and amphictyonies, Moses, the Laws, etc... Part Two: Judaism, this part talks about Ezekiel's Valley of Bones, Nehemiah's Second Temple, Ezra. the scribes and the canyon, Maccabees, Second Commonwealth, Daniel's, apocalyptic revolution, the idea of the Messiah, etc..., Part Three: Cathedocracy, this part talks about the Jews and the creation of the Dark Age city, Spain and the Jewish problems, the Destruction of Spanish Jewry, etc... Part Four: Ghetto, this part talks about the Ibn Verga and the Jewish hate-legacy, the impact of the Counter-Reformation, the ecumenical Jacob Frank, etc..., Part Five: Emancipation, Part Six: Holocaust, talks about World War II and the Jews, the Jewish settlements in Palestine, the death camps, the role of the German people, etc..., and Part Seven: Zion, talks about the Catastrophe and providence in Jewish history, Jewish terrorism, the War of Israel's Independence, the frontiers of Zion, etc...
-Jewish/Hebrew Books- Box 2

Publisher
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers
Accession No.
Alt ID
LCCN:85042575
Date (created)
1987
Format
x, 644 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Johnson, Paul
Rights
This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.
Language
English
Administrative
Location
2nd Floor Stacks - Shelving
Display Value
Good
Condition
Good
Cataloged By
Soto_ Nashley
Cataloged On
Status
OK