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Title: Jews, God, and History by Max I. Dimont ISBN: 0-451-62866-7 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent, detailed, well researched, and inspiring
Comment: This book truly reviews the glorious history of the Jews. I couldn't put it down. The facts and the fiction that have been discussed and written about over the centuries were touched on with great passion and research. This book makes me proud to be a part of the Jewish people.
Rating: 5
Summary: Reads like a mystery
Comment: In The Jews G-d and History, Max Dimont has managed to combine the secular with the sacred in a clear consise manner. I especially enjoyed the interweaving of "Jewish" history with a time line of what was happening throughout the world. This book, somewhat colored by the time period in which it was written, the 1960s, does make one think about what really happened (was Abraham "smoking" when he saw the angels or spoke to G-d?)and is it important, or is it the message that counts? The same for Paul. My only complaint is I cannot find a large print edition of this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Popular History
Comment: Most history textbooks hardly mention Jew except as isolated individuals. I remember my old World History text called Judaism the oldest ethical religion, but hardly had a word about Jews until World War Two. This book fills in the gap well. It is very readable. It does not pretend to be impartial. (For an impartial, rather dry history, an interested person should read Jones' History, no doubt out of print for many years, but a good university library should have a copy.)
There is a good treatment of the schools of Hillel and Shammi.
On the other hand the origins of Jews in Russia are hardly mentioned. The reason why Jewish contributions to science or math do not begin until the 19th century is not addressed, which is to me a very large question, Judaism being in the thought process it induces so closely related to the processes of natural law. There are small bits which seem more like gossip than documented history. He mentions, for example, that during the Renaisance period half the brides were married pregnant. Now, how can he know that?
Still, I highly recommend this book.
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Title: Amazing Adventures of the Jewish People by Max I. Dimont, Max I. Dimont ISBN: 0874413915 Publisher: Behrman House Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: A History of the Jews by Paul M. Johnson ISBN: 0060915331 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 14 September, 1988 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Indestructible Jews by Max I. Dimont ISBN: 0451075943 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: March, 1978 List Price(USD): $30.75 |
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Title: Basic Judaism by Milton Steinberg ISBN: 0156106981 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 17 March, 1965 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: What Is a Jew? by Morris N., Rabbi Kertzer ISBN: 068484298X Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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