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The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE - 1492
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs, Saul Reichlin
- Length: 21 hrs and 8 mins
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It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings; the palm groves of the Jewish dead in the Roman catacombs. And its voices ring loud and clear, from the severities and ecstasies of the Bible writers to the love poems of wine bibbers in a garden in Muslim Spain.
And a great story unfolds. Not - as often imagined - of a culture apart, but of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians. Which makes the story of the Jews everyone's story, too.
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- Isobel
- 20-02-18
A beautifully told story to make you weep
Had I been reading this book I am not sure I could have finished it. The narrators are wonderful the content compulsive but so often tragic almost beyond belief. A story that deserves to be told with so many reminders of more recent times
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- Nigel Lewis
- 17-12-18
Superb in every respect
Thorough research; brought dry old dusty papyrus scrolls to life. Narration excellent.
Many surprises in store for the reader.
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- Trisha
- 20-12-21
Informative in an interesting way.
A very well narrated historical account. I enjoyed how history was captured in an interesting and captivating way. Although I listened to this on audio I have now bought the books so I can read it again and take in more of the history. However this was a fantastic overview of the story of the Jews and I learnt a lot.
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- SMInc
- 04-05-20
Fascinating and detailed
I knew it would be sad, but the poignancy and immediacy of the stories, the very modern idiom of translated personal letters, brings the diaspora to vibrant life - and despite everything, it is a hopeful and life-affirming history.
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- Percy Q
- 04-11-19
Time spent well
I'm grateful to Simon Schama for taking the time to gather together events throughout time and put them in a timeline. The Story of the Jews is eye-opening and thought provoking.
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- Norbert Diamant
- 12-12-22
An illuminating & eloquent history of the Jews.
Well written and well read. From Yeshivot, Rabbinical college, I never got the full picture nor did I get the time line. This book has elucidated many things I never understood. I’m also aware now that if we don’t watch our politics in Israel we can face expulsion like we did 2,000 years ago.
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- CCWEST
- 20-06-15
Fascinating
Scholarly yet accessible account of early Jewish history. I'm Impatiently waiting for the next instalment.
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- #earlyeditor🤓📚
- 26-02-21
Ok, but Bias.
Not content with with all aspects of this audio but so far seems to have some interesting parts of history.
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- SCR
- 09-03-21
loved it
you could hear S. Shams come through and this is what history should sound like
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- Robert Garton
- 14-08-18
A breathtakingly wonderful reading so poignant with today.
I was enthralled from the first to the last word weeping with admiration and crying with sadness. Perhaps if more people would read a books like this, the terrible events of the past would not be repeated. A wonderful book.
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