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The Jews: Story of a People
The Jews Story of a People
Author: Howard Fast
Beginning in the ancient world, this colorful, fast-paced saga enriches our understanding of the Jews and their impact on the world. With drama no fiction can match, master storyteller Howard Fast traces the evolution of a tradition powerful enough to give lasting identity to a scattered, wandering people. Bringing to life the extraordinary men ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781596872493
ISBN-10: 1596872497
Publication Date: 1/25/2006
Pages: 360
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Publisher: IBooks, Inc.
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Ages have passed since the Beni Yisrael, that fierce confederation of tribes that comprised the original children of Israel, scratched a harsh, nomadic existence from the deserts of the Sinai.
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Century upon century spent wandering, "from place to place, from city to city, from country to country," hated and dispossessed.
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But they endured, forging a legacy rich in cultural and intellectual achievement from an ancient religious heritage.
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This is a special people, and theirs is a special story, an epic of magnificent richness, color, and grandeur. It is a story that pleads for a master storyteller to render it in all its complexity and wonder. A storyteller like Howard Fast.


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