Judaism (Crash Course Series)

Judaism (Crash Course Series)





If you can no longer tell your Sadducees and Pharisees from your Essenes and Zealots, it may be time to enroll in Barron's crash course in Judaism. In short order, Monika Grübel covers everything from the time of the patriarchs in Canaan and the Exodus from Egypt to the Holocaust and contemporary Israel. Grübel touches on the Judges, King David, King Solomon, and the Temple, the exile to Babylon, Alexander the Great, the revolt of the Maccabees and the origins of Hanukkah, Herod, the Bar Kochba uprising, the Mishnah and the Talmud. There are chapters on the Sephardim, the Ashkenazim, and Jews under Islam, Jewish religious factions, Anti-Semitism and Zionism. In addition, there's an index of names, an index of subjects, a glossary, and a guide to Jewish museums. Grübel pulls off a difficult job while making it look easy, as she summarizes the history clearly, makes each topic accessible, and winds up with a text that's so interesting to read that you lose sight of your specific goal, learning about Moses Mendelssohn and Nathan the Wise when you'd just intended to brush up on dietary laws and the dispersion of the Jews from Spain. --Stephanie Gold









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