BEN-GURION, DAVID

The Jews in their Land

Windfall Book/Doubleday & Co, Garden City, NY, 1974, New & Rev Ed. Hardbound. The Jews in their Land published by Windfall Book/Doubleday & Co, Garden City, NY, 1974. New & Revised Edition. Hardbound, no DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). 352 Pgs. Condition: Nr Fine. ISBN 0385061528. LCCN 73-10589. Conceived and edited by David Ben-Gurion, translated from the Hebrew by Mordechai Narock and Misha Louvish. This book presents the continuing story of the Jewish people within the borders of their own land. It is written by an eminent team of historians, arch'ologists and statesmen. Two former presidents of Isr'l are among the contributors. Zalman Shazar has supplied a foreword and Izhak Ben-Zvi is author of a section on the 'Ottoman Rule.' Other contributors are such well-known authorities as Yohanan Aharoni, Eliahu Auerbach, Yehoshua Guttmann, Menahem Stern, and Benzion Dinur. Beginning with a geological description of the country, the book moves on to offer new and challenging views of such controversial issues as the Exodus from Egypt, the writings and character of the Prophets, the desperate struggle for survival in a land overrun by successive great powers: Assyrians, Persians, Romans, Muslims, Crusaders, Mamelukes, and Turks. The concluding section, written by the Editor, records the birth of modern Isr'l. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 13456. ISBN: 0385061528. Nr Fine. No DJ. 4to.

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EBAN, ABBA

Heritage: Civilization and the Jews

Summit Books, NY, 1984, 1st Ed 1st Pr. Hardbound. Heritage: Civilization and the Jews by Abba Eban. Published by Summit Books, NY, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound w/Paper DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). 355 Pgs. Condition: Fine in Good- DJ. ISBN 0671441035. LCCN 84-2696. The author charts the 5,000 year old Jewish encounter with civilization, from its birth in the Mesopotamian desert to the rebirth of independence in the modern State of Isr'l. With paintings, statues, sculpture, drawings, and decorative arts, drawing from the collections of the fines museums in the world, this book throws new light on the mystery of how so small a people, there are only 14 million Jews in the world today, could have had such a profound impact on all aspects of civilizations; religion, philosophy, law, drama, science, art, political system, ethics, and yet manage to preserve its own identity in dispersion and exile without a territorial base or political institution. Companion volume to the award-winning PBS-TV series. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 13447. ISBN: 0671441035. Fine in Good- DJ. Paper DJ. 4to.

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Book number: 13447

Catalogue: History;Judaica

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