Atlas of the Jewish World

by Nicholas de Lange

Traces the history and experience of the Jewish world from ancient to modern times in a volume organized into sections on history, culture, and the Jewish world today

Genres: History, Jewish, Religion, Nonfiction

240 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Nicholas Robert Michael de Lange (often known simply as N. de Lange) (7 August 1944, Nottingham) is Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University of Cambridge and is an ordained Reform rabbi. He was taught and ordained by the British Reform rabbi Ignaz Maybaum, a disciple of Franz Rosenzweig.

Reviews

[Thom Dunn]

Exceptionally good cultural history. Replete with greatly detailed maps. Text immensely readable. More comprehensive than Chaim Potok's Wanderings, text as engaging--and THAT'S saying something.

[Abigail G]

I found this book quite comprehensive and objective in all matters. In showing all different aspects of everyday life and religion to the tragedies and struggles, the author gave facts not feelings, yet did not disregard the sorrows and joys. I was saddened that this is an older book therefore did not contain any of the more recent events in the Jewish world.

[LisaZen]

This is an Atlas, so there are a lot of maps and after the first half of the book that deals with the history of Jewish culture there are shorter texts giving an overview of Jews in different countries. I wish I could have had a short summary of the history part and the population statistics. This is a good book to have still in the 21st century, but it is a bit big for constant use.

[Gökhan]

Yahudi tarihini başından 1980'lere kadar kapsıyor. Genel hatları ve kendi içlerindeki farklılıkları anlamak için kolay okunan ve harita ve resimlerle dolu iyi bir referans kitabı.