A History of the Jews by Johnson, Paul - 1997

Phoenix Giant Paperback, London, 1997. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. The world tended to see the Jews as a race which ruled itself in antiquity and set down its records in the Bible; had then gone underground for many centuries; had emerged at last only to be slaughtered by the Nazis; and, finally had created a state of its own, controversial and beleaguered. But these were merely salient episodes. I wanted to link them together, to find and study the missing portions, assemble them into a whole, and make sense of it" Paul Johnson in his Prologue. Although Johnson, who seeks to acknowledge "the magnitude of the debt Christianity owes to Judaism," traces "an inherent conflict" between the religion and the state of Israel through the various ages, the work is incontrovertibly sympathetic to Zionism. previous owner's name sticker on the inside of the front cover at the top left of the first page, and also a note in Biro indicating ownership on the same page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 644 pages, includes epilogue, glossary, index, and source notes. In original hardcover binding with dustjacket, the only damage being a fading of the front panel of the dustjacket.. a clean secondhand copy, no damage to detail apart from age toning of the page edges and reading creases on the spine. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Judaica; ISBN: 1857993802. ISBN/EAN: 9781857993806. Inventory No: 0285001. . 9781857993806