Henry Carter Hull

In The Wars of the Jews Flavius Josephus gives us valuable insight into the first Jewish Roman War and the rebellions that followed thereafter. Josephus having been an agent for both sides of the conflict provides us with a perspective of this conflict that no one else could have. Here is an important historical document.

Describes the life of the ancient Israelites, covering their clothing, food, trade, wars, and religion.

An illustrated survey of the history and culture of the Jewish people from earliest times to the present.

Studies the role of the Jews in the development of Western civilization, and credits the ancient Jewish people with setting the course for the way humanity thinks and feels even in the late twentieth century.

Children can try their hand at re-creating ancient Israelite culture-along with the cultures of their neighbors, the Philistines and Phoenicians-in a way that will provide perspective on current events. The book covers a key period from the Israelites' settlement in Canaan in 1200 B.C.E. to their return from exile in Babylonia in 538 B.C.E. This part of the Middle East-no larger than modern-day Michigan-was the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity,...

"One of today's most respected scholars of biblical history and the Dead Sea Scrolls, James C. VanderKam here offers a superb new introduction to early Judaism. Based on the best, most recent archaeological research, this illustrated volume explores the history of Judaism during the Second Temple period (516 B.C.E. - 70 C.E.), describing the body of Jewish literature written during these centuries and the most important groups, institutions, and practices...

The first English translation of Karl Marx's anti-Semitic writings, with critical analysis by the founder of the Philosophical Library. Long available to the readers of Soviet Russia, here are the unexpurgated papers of Karl Marx on the so-called Jewish question, translated into English by philosopher Dagobert D. Runes. While most of Marx's anti-Semitic diatribes were carefully eliminated by the translators and editors of his books, journalistic...

"That night I just remember running. No time to catch your breath, just running, because you want to be gone from the village before the sun comes up." -Avishai Mekonen, 400 MILES TO FREEDOM. In 1984, the Beta Israel, a secluded 2,500-year-old community of observant Jews in the northern Ethiopian mountains, fled a dictatorship and began a secret and dangerous journey of escape. Co-director Avishai Mekonen, then 10 years old, was among them. In this...

Gotthard Deutsch's "The History of the Jews" is an in-depth exploration of the Jewish people's historical journey spanning millennia. The narrative commences with the ancient origins of the Jewish civilization, tracing its roots to biblical times and the patriarchs. The book delves into the foundational stories and events of Judaism, including the life of Abraham, the exodus from Egypt, the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, and the establishment...

"This investigation into the Nazi leader's mindset is "an inherently fascinating study... a work of meticulously presented and seminal scholarship" ( Midwest Book Review ). Adolf Hitler's virulent anti-Semitism is often attributed to external cultural and environmental factors. But as historian Peter den Hertog notes in this book, most of Hitler's contemporaries experienced the same culture and environment and didn't turn into rabid Jew-haters, let...