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The Jewish Journey: 4000 Years in 22 Objects From the Ashmolean Museum
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A ring seal from the siege of Bronze Age Lachish; a Dead Sea Scroll jar from first century Judaea; a clay camel from Tang dynasty China; a Medieval magic amulet; an English five pound note forged in a Nazi concentration camp; a painting within a painting...
These are some of the remarkable Jewish objects in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, brought together here for the firs ...more
These are some of the remarkable Jewish objects in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, brought together here for the firs ...more
Paperback, 232 pages
Published
October 16th 2017
by Ashmolean Museum
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I started reading this book, thinking it was a beautifully illustrated coffee table book and was delighted to find myself on a gripping journey - taken with lyrical strides through the whole of Jewish history. The Ashmolean Museum provides the links through its 22 objects for a really personal understanding of where Jewish history has twisted and turned in sadness and joyful times, culminating in a pride to see it established enough to produce this fine book, written by a writer who will enchant
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A novel and very readable insight into Jewish history by means of some lesser-known and surprising contributions over many centuries.
A sparkling and highly innovative account of Jewish history through hidden objects in the Ashmolean Museum. Wonderful!
Absolutely brilliant. I loved this book. It makes Jewish history so accessible and a completely new way into the Ashmolean Collection. I’d like to see a whole series of such books.
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