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Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe

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A History of the Jews

by Paul Johnson

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Publisher Comments:

The author delivers a brilliant and comprehensive one-volume survey covering 4,000 years of Jewish history. His book is a forceful and sustained analysis of Jewish emergence and an interpretation of how Jewish history, philosophy, ethics, and social and political notions interplay with world history.

Synopsis:

A national bestseller, this brilliant 4000 year survey covers not only Jewish history but he impact of Jewish genius and imagination on the world. By the author of Modern Times: The World From the Twenties to the Eighties.

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Bibliography: p. [593]-629.
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About the Author

Paul Johnson is a historian whose work ranges over the millennia and the whole gamut of human activities. His History of Christianityand History of the Jewsdescribe the religious dimension, his Modern Timesencapsulates the twentieth century, and his Art: A New Historyis the story of visual culture in all its forms, from the cave painters to today. He contributes a weekly essay to the Spectator, a monthly column to Forbes, practices the gentle art of watercolor painting, and lives in London and Somerset. He has four children and eight grandchildren.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060915339
Author:
Johnson, Paul
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Author:
by Paul M. Johnson
Author:
Johnson, Paul M.
Location:
New York :
Subject:
History
Subject:
Jewish
Subject:
Jews
Subject:
Jews -- History.
Subject:
Jewish - General
Subject:
General History
Copyright:
c198
Edition Description:
1st Perennial library ed.
Series Volume:
25
Publication Date:
September 1988
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
656
Dimensions:
802x537x159 106
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