Naomi Pasachoff, Robert Littman

A Concise History of the Jewish People

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes the most important events and people in Jewish history from Abraham to the present day, in a very concise, accessible way. These 'read-bites' include up-to-date essays discussing the impact of 9-11; the Iraq War, Muslim fundamentalism, and rise of European anti-Semitism on the Jewish people.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 159mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780742543652
• ISBN-10: 074254365X
• Artikelnr.: 22473608

Autorenporträt

Naomi Pasachoff is a research associate at Williams College. Robert Littman is a professor of classics at the University of Hawai'i.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Part I: Biblical Period, 1600-538 B.C.E. Chapter 2 Abraham and the
Patriarchs Chapter 3 Moses Chapter 4 The Ten Commandments and the
Revelation at Sinai Chapter 5 The Hebrew Bible Chapter 6 Archaeology and
the Bible Chapter 7 Saul and the Establishment of the Kingdom Chapter 8
King David Chapter 9 Solomon and the First Temple Chapter 10 The Divided
Kingdom Chapter 11 Amos and Hosea Chapter 12 Isaiah and Hezekiah Chapter 13
The Fall of Jerusalem Chapter 14 Jeremiah Chapter 15 The Babylonian Exile
and the Return Chapter 16 Ezra and Nehemiah Part 17 Part II: Second Temple
Period, 538 B.C.E.-70 C.E. Chapter 18 Hellenism Chapter 19 Judah Maccabee
Chapter 20 The Hasmoenan State Chapter 21 Herod the Great Chapter 22 The
Pharisees and Sadducees and Hillel and Shammai Chapter 23 The Diaspora
during the Roman Empire Chapter 24 Jesus Chapter 25 Peter, Paul, and Early
Christianity Chapter 26 The Dead Sea Scrolls Chapter 27 The Jewish War
(66-70 C.E.) Chapter 28 The Destruction of the Temple Chapter 29 The Fall
of Masada Part 30 Part III: Rabbinic Period, 70-600 C.E. Chapter 31 Yohanan
ben Zakkai and the Sanhedrin at Yavneh Chapter 32 Bar Kokhba Chapter 33
Rabbi Judah the Prince and the Redaction of the Mishnah Chapter 34
Constantine and Christianity Chapter 35 The Jews of Babylon Chapter 36 The
Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds Part 37 Part IV: Medieval Period, 600-1450
Chapter 38 Mohammed Chapter 39 The Karaites Chapter 40 The Jews in the
Muslim World before 1400 Chapter 41 The Jews of Italy Chapter 42 The Jews
of Spain Chapter 43 A 12th-Century Zionist: Judah HaLevi Chapter 44 The
Legacy of Maimonides Chapter 45 Nahamides and the 1263 Disputation Chapter
46 The Bible of the Jewish Mystics: The Zohar Chapter 47 The Jews of
England: Massacre and Expulsion Chapter 48 Rashi Chapter 49 The Inquisition
and Expulsion from Spain Chapter 50 The Marranos Chapter 51 The Jews of
Medieval Germany Part 52 Part V: Transition to Modern Times, 1450-1750
Chapter 53 Hebrew Printing Chapter 54 Martin Luther and the Jews Chapter 55
The Jews of Amsterdam Chapter 56 Isaac Abrabanel Chapter 57 The Jews of
Venice and the First Ghetto Chapter 58 Kabbalists at Safed Chapter 59
Joseph Caro and the Shulhan Arukh Chapter 60 The Excommunication of Spinoza
Chapter 61 Jews Arrive in the New World Chapter 62 The Chmielnicki
Massacres Chapter 63 The Shabbetai Zevi Affair Chapter 64 The Development
of Hasidism Part 65 Part VI: Early Modern Times, 1750-1917 Chapter 66 Moses
Mendelssohn and the Jewish Enlightenment Chapter 67 Emancipation Chapter 68
Religious Responses to Modern Challenges Chapter 69 The Pale of Settlement
Chapter 70 The House of Rothschild Chapter 71 Sir Moses Montefiore and
19th-Century Jewish History Chapter 72 Early Zionist Voices Chapter 73
Modern Antisemitism Chapter 74 The Pogroms of 1881 Chapter 75 The
Beginnings of Aliyah Chapter 76 The Dreyfus Affair Chapter 77 Theodor
Herzl, The Jewish State, and the First Zionist Congress Chapter 78 The
Emergence of American Conservative Judaism Chapter 79 The Kishinev Pogroms
Chapter 80 The Uganda Controversy Chapter 81 The Beilis Blood-Libel Case
Chapter 82 Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the Emergence of Modern Hebrew Chapter 83
Tel Aviv and Deganyah: A New City and a New Type of Community Chapter 84
The Balfour Declaration Part 85 Part VII: The Modern Era, 1918 to Present
Chapter 86 The British Mandate over Palestine: "The White Paper Regime"
Chapter 87 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Chapter 88 The Open Door
Closes Chapter 89 Birobidzhan: The Soviet Union's "Jewish Autonomous
Region" Chapter 90 Mordecai Kaplan and Reconstructionist Judaism Chapter 91
Kristallnacht: The Night of the Broken Glass Chapter 92 The Wannsee
Conference: Genocide Becomes State Policy Chapter 93 The Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising Chapter 94 The Exodus 1947 and Illegal Aliyah Chapter 95 The UN
Partition Resolution Chapter 96 The Birth of the State of Israel Chapter 97
Jerusalem and Israel's War of Independence Chapter 98 "Operation Magic
Carpet" and "Operation Ezra and Nehemiah" Chapter 99 German Restitution to
Victims of Nazism Chapter 100 The "Doctors' Plot": Prelude to Stalin's
"Final Solution"? Chapter 101 The Sinai Campaign Chapter 102 The Eichmann
Trial Chapter 103 The Six-Day War Chapter 104 The Yom Kippur War Chapter
105 Peace with Egypt Chapter 106 The Ordination of Female Rabbis Chapter
107 The Falashas Arrive in Israel Chapter 108 The Jewish People Enter the
21st Century