- Summary
- "This book is a survey of the history of the Jewish people from biblical antiquity to the present, spanning nearly 2,500 years and traversing five continents. Opening with a broad introduction which addresses key questions of terminology and definition, the book's ten chapters then go on to explore Jewish history in both its religious and non-religious dimensions. The book explores the social, political and cultural aspects of Jewish history, and examines the changes and continuities across the whole of the Jewish world throughout its long and varied history."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series
- Themes in world history
Themes in world history.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Lupovitch, Howard N.
- Published
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010
- Edition
- First edition
- Contents
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Dimensions of Jewish history
The world of the Hebrew Bible
The challenge of Hellenism
The rise of Rabbinic Judaism
The Jews of Islam
The Jews of medieval Christendom
World Jewry in flux, 1450-1750
The age of enlightenment and emancipation, 1750-1880
Anti-Semitism and Jewish responses, 1870-1914
From renewal to devastation, 1914-1945
Jews in the postwar world.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dimensions of Jewish history -- The world of the Hebrew Bible -- The challenge of Hellenism -- The rise of Rabbinic Judaism -- The Jews of Islam -- The Jews of medieval Christendom -- World Jewry in flux, 1450-1750 -- The age of enlightenment and emancipation, 1750-1880 -- Anti-Semitism and Jewish responses, 1870-1914 -- From renewal to devastation, 1914-1945 -- Jews in the postwar world.
