Israel frequently features in the news today, often for the wrong reasons. Violence in the Holy Land is an all-too-common occurrence. To understand why this part of the Middle East is such a flashpoint, knowing its long history is essential, and Norman Gelb's "Kings of the Jews" illuminates the evolution of the Jewish nation, forerunner of the modern State of Israel. This is the story of the lives and times of the men and women who ruled it in a Middle East arguably even more turbulent than it is today, from Saul, its first king, to Herod Agrippa II, its last. It is also the story of key formative experiences of the Jews, including the dispersion of the 'Lost Tribes of Israel,' the traumatic Babylonian Exile, the Maccabee uprising and the war with Rome. Including informative illustrations and maps, it is an essential guide to the early history of the Jewish people. 'makes Jewish history more approachable to the modern reader - rich, epic and certain to maintain interest' - "Kirkus Review". 'a fair-minded, straightforward history. I cannot praise this book enough' - Walter Abish, MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow. 'a very readable account' - Jeremy Zwelling, Director of Jewish Studies &amp; Hebrew, Wesleyan University.

Kings of the Jews

Norman Gelb

History

The Jewish Publication Society

A valiant band of Jews makes a last stand against the Romans at a bleak desert fortress two thousand years ago.

Masada Will Not Fall Again (Covenant Books, 25)

Greenspan, Sophie

Children's Books

The Purim Anthology

Philip Goodman

Hanukkah: The Feast Of Lights

Emily Solis-Cohen

Samuel Usque's Consolation for the Tribulations of Israel (Consolacam As Trulaceoens De Israel)

Samuel Usque

The Writings-Kethubim is the third and final volume in The Jewish Publication Society of America's new translation of the Holy Scriptures.It marks the completion of an effort thatbegan over twenty-five years ago when the Society commissioned a committee of translator to undertake a new English rendering of the Holy Scriptures that would accommodate the changes of language and the new findings of biblical research that had occurred since theissuance in 1917 of an earlier translation. The first volume of the new trans1ation-The Torah appeared in 1962; the secondvolume The Prophets Neviim om 1978.The Writings contains the third major section of the Hebrew Bible. It includes the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther (these lastfive known as the Five Megilloth), Daniel,Ezra, Nehemiah, and First and Second Chronicles.The present translation, excepting the Five Megilloth, is the work of a committee of scholars that comprised professors Moshe Greenberg (Hebrew University), Jonas C. Greenfield (Hebrew University), and Nahum M. Sarna (Brandeis University). Associated with them in the task were rabbis Saul Leeman, Martin Rozcnbcrg, and David Shapiro,representing the three sections of organized Jewish religious life. Chaim Potok served as secretary of the committee.The Five Megilloth have been translated by an earlier committee of scholars, who also participated in the preparation of The Torah and The Prophets, and were published separately, together with the book ofJonah, in 1969. This translation was done by the following committee:H. L. Ginsberg as editor in chief, HarryOrlinsky as fellow editor, and associated with them, Max Arzt, Bernard Bamberger, Harry Freedman, and Solomon Grayzel.

The Writings-Kethubim: A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures According to the Traditional Hebrew Text

Jewish Publication Society Of America

Religion & Spirituality

A Philip and Muriel Berman Edition 
Brodkey’s masterful stories explore the sources within his upbringing, including a non-Jewish education, that led him to seek the authentic voice that emerges in these pages.

Women and Angels (The Author's Workshop)

Literature & Fiction

BRODKEY, HAROLD

United States

From the Corners of the Earth: Contemporary Photographs of the Jewish World

HARDBACK. Ex-library book. No rips or tears.Binding perfectly tight. No markings whatsoever. Great overall shape.

Arts & Photography

Bill Aron

Photography & Video

Examines the history, customs, language, crafts, recipes, geography, and music of Israel.

A Kids Catalog of Israel

Burstein, Chaya M.

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