A Short History of the Jewish People: From Legendary Times to Modern Statehood by Raymond P. Scheindlin

A Short History of the Jewish People: From Legendary Times to Modern Statehood Reviews

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  Epistem Quest

  Having recently completed a long book on the Holocaust, I wanted to read a short history of the Jewish people. The Holocaust book caused me to desire a complete understanding of the history of anti Semitism. In other words, what went on before the Holocaust?
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  Jana L.Perskie

  Raymond P. Scheindlin has managed to write, in 263 pages, an accurate, secular and very readable history of the Jewish people. He takes the reader, chronologically, from the period of the first known references to the Israelites outside the Bible, (1220 B.C.E.), an Egyptian
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  Gregory Olsen

  Scheindlin has managed to write nearly the perfect book for a lower division course on Jewish history. He successfully spans the entire scope of Jewish history from legendary times to the modern State of Israel in a mere 263 pages of very readable prose. His writing is
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  EDR

  This is probably the best survey history of the Jewish people that I've read. It is a friendly read, not overly dense and not overly simplistic. Also, the author has a modern, pro Jewish perspective (as compared to some authors that see Judaism just as a
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  Nico Vela

  The book lives up to its name of being a short history of the Jewish People.With easy to read chapters, and well cited sources, OUP doesn't fail at delivering a quality monograph.
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  AMZ

  Love this book. A very good read and primer for anyone trying to study Judaism. I used this for my conversion and learned so much from it. Nicely written.
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  Theodore D, Frank

  I enjoyed this book and learned alot about Jewish history from it. I had some problem with the organization. It is organized by geographic area rather than historical periods. As a result it was difficult to understand what was happening in Europe and North Africa at the
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  Cliff

  I enjoyed this book. At the time, I was considering conversion, and I wanted a context or history to which I could relate other readings and information. This book gives a good overview of the (plight?) history of the Jews. Of course, it turns out that because of the