Understanding Jewish history / Sol Scharfstein ; design & graphics by Dorcas Gelabert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scharfstein, Sol, 1921-2009.

Contributor:

Gelabert, Dorcas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History--Juvenile literature.

Jews.

History.

Judaism--History--Juvenile literature.

Judaism.

Jews--History.

Genre:

Literature.

History.

Juvenile works.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : KTAV Pub. House, ©1996-©1997.

Summary:

The early history of the Jewish people is told through a collection of short essays, beginning with the first Hebrews, Abraham and Sarah, in about 1900 B.C.E., through 1492 when the Jews were expelled from Spain. Includes charts, photographs, and maps, with timelines and a chronology.

An illustrated survey of Jewish history, with each page or two devoted to a specific topic. Includes pages relating to antisemitism, from early Christianity to the Eichmann trial. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism).

Contents:

1. From the patriarchs to the expulsion from Spain

2. From the renaissance to the 21st century.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0881255459

9780881255454

9780881255607

0881255602

OCLC:

34409424