Moshe Weiss

Gebundenes Buch

Brief History of the Jewish People

Beschreibung

A brief history of the Jewish People, from Abraham (1726 BCE) to the year 2000.

Autor

Moshe Weiss is an Orthodox rabbi with a doctorate from Yeshiva University who makes his home in Israel and the United States. Raised in Oswiecim, which later became known as Auschwitz, he arrived in America with his family before the Second World War. A prolific columnist and popular lecturer, he is the author of From Oswiecim to Auschwitz (1996), based on the many visits he made back to Poland, beginning in the 1950s, well before such pilgrimages became common. He is also the author of a scholarly study of the Rushino commentary on the Pentateuch, as well as biographies of leading figures in the Religious Zionist movement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 631g
• ISBN-13: 9780742544024
• ISBN-10: 0742544028
• Artikelnr.: 21822660

Rezensionen

In this popular account of the contours of Jewish history, Rabbi Weiss reaffirms that an abiding faith in the Torah's teachings is the mainstay ensuring our survival. -- Dr. Norman Lamm, Yeshiva University A wonderful book for the student or adult to begin one's journey into the fascinating story of the Jews. Rabbi Weiss is to be commended for his efforts and scholarship. -- Rabbi Berel Wein, author of Triumph of Survival Rabbi Weiss has performed a great service in writing a concise and readable history of our people. His work is most refreshing and necessary. -- Rabbi Shlomo Riskin The history of the Jewish people is anything but brief - so many centuries, so many countries, so many languages, so many movements, so many personalities and

so much more material both primary and secondary. Squeezing all this into a slim volume that is readable, concise, accurate, and that balances comprehensive scope with rich details is quite challenging. For the most part Rabbi Dr. Weiss manages to do just that. One may quibble with what was omitted and how many paragraphs were allotted to certain topics, as one may differ on certain interpretations of events. However, this volume is a very good and efficient summary of many major element of Jewish history...This book is well suited as an introductory text of Jewish history, and the Glossary and Index are quite useful. Jewish Book World I warmly recommend this book as an elementary textbook for the study of Jewish history. AJL Newsletter This highly readable and erudite book must appeal to anyone interested in Jewish history. -- Elie Wiesel, Andrew W. Mellon, Professor in the Humanities, Boston University