The gifts of the Jews : how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York :
Nan A. Talese,
©1998.
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| Colección: | (The hinges of history ;
v. 2) |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : the Jews are it.
- The temple in the moonlight : the primeval religious experience.
- The journey in the dark: the unaccountable innovation.
- Egypt : from slavery to freedom.
- Sinai : from death to life.
- Canaan : from tribe to nation.
- Babylon : from many to one.
- From then till now : the Jews are still it.
- Notes and sources.
- The books of the Hebrew bible.
- Chronology.
- Acknowledgments.
- Index of Biblical citations.
- General index.