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Title: A History of the Jews
by Paul M. Johnson
ISBN: 0-06-091533-1
Publisher: Perennial
Pub. Date: 14 September, 1988
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $17.00
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Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (39 reviews)

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Rating: 5
Summary: Comprehensive and thought provoking
Comment: Paul Johnson writes a comprehensive and very well written account of the life of the Jews in the past 4000 years. I did not think that summarizing the history of the Jews in one volume is a feasible task, however, Johnson was able to do so, and does it beautifully. Johnson dedicates a well proportioned length to each era, recounting the history, and reflecting on the implications of the events of those eras. Recognizing the high relevance of the history of the Jews in the past four centuries to that of the present, Johnson dedicates a good portion of the book to them. I highly recommend this book.

Rating: 5
Summary: Readable, exciting history
Comment: Paul Johnson puts his heart in the subject; his admiration and wonder at a people whose history spans four millennia and who survived persecution and destruction throughout history comes through every page.

I enjoyed the opening chapters, comparing the archaeological information about Egyptian and Sumerian history to Jewish history and the outline of how the Hebrew people evolved. Equally interesting was the section on European history, where Johnson sets the background for the troubled times from Chmielnicki's Pogrom to the Holocaust and the persecution in the Soviet Union. The use of the noblemen of Jews to conduct tax collection and other financial transactions set the Jews on a deadly path; the overtaxed peasantry had contact with the Jews, who earned their ire for their plight, and they responded to the alien people in their midst with predictable violence.

This is a very wonderful history and worth reading if you are interested in Jewish history, whether you are Jewish or not.

Rating: 5
Summary: Collosal work
Comment: Ranging from Abraham first steps out of Ur to contemporary Israel, you will find that every single chronological statement or explanation is the product of a very deep research, and this is what it makes this book so valuable

It is also very important to highlight that even though Johnson is not Jewish, this book is cited as a reference material by prominent Rabbies and recommended by many highly qualified Jewish websites as a classic for consultation

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