The Story of The Jews - Finding The Words - 1000 B.C. to 1492 A.D.
Just finished reading "The Story of The Jews - Finding The Words - 1000 B.C. to 1492 A.D." by Simon Schama, published by ECCO back in 2014.
Historian Simon Schama, a Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University, has written a comprehensive history of the Jewish Diaspora
Schama tells of an energetic and extensive history of the Diaspora, from North Africa to Baghdad, with flourishing communities, whose cultures contribute much more to the modern Jews, than the Temple practice of the Jews known to the Romans.
In this precise narrative, he traverses meadows and deserts in this walk of about five thousand years. Schama works the history properly, but with detachment from the human truth accumulated by the Jews throughout the centuries. In certain passages he puts in check the divine value of sacred words. One of his favorite phrases is "If the Bible was right, as the Orthodox rabbis say (...)." However, the writer admits the importance of Deuteronomy in the formation of Jewish culture.
Schama's history is a continuation of the Jewish history that late historian Cecil Roth's was working on.
A very absorbing read, but the sorrows of Jewish history can be sometimes difficult to read.
Highly Recommended!
Ten Stars!
https://www.amazon.com/Story-Jews-Fin...
Historian Simon Schama, a Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University, has written a comprehensive history of the Jewish Diaspora
Schama tells of an energetic and extensive history of the Diaspora, from North Africa to Baghdad, with flourishing communities, whose cultures contribute much more to the modern Jews, than the Temple practice of the Jews known to the Romans.
In this precise narrative, he traverses meadows and deserts in this walk of about five thousand years. Schama works the history properly, but with detachment from the human truth accumulated by the Jews throughout the centuries. In certain passages he puts in check the divine value of sacred words. One of his favorite phrases is "If the Bible was right, as the Orthodox rabbis say (...)." However, the writer admits the importance of Deuteronomy in the formation of Jewish culture.
Schama's history is a continuation of the Jewish history that late historian Cecil Roth's was working on.
A very absorbing read, but the sorrows of Jewish history can be sometimes difficult to read.
Highly Recommended!
Ten Stars!
https://www.amazon.com/Story-Jews-Fin...
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