Some time ago an elderly Indian friend of Martin Gilbert's, known to him as Auntie Fori, revealed that she was actually Jewish and asked him to recommend a history of the Jews. He decided to write it for her, in letter form, week by week, which he did. This book is the result. The letters begin with Abraham's journey from Mesopotamia to Canaan and covers all the great events of Jewish history: the migration to Egypt, entering the Promised Land, Moses and the Ten Commandments, the kingdoms of David and Solomon, the Assyrian ...
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Some time ago an elderly Indian friend of Martin Gilbert's, known to him as Auntie Fori, revealed that she was actually Jewish and asked him to recommend a history of the Jews. He decided to write it for her, in letter form, week by week, which he did. This book is the result. The letters begin with Abraham's journey from Mesopotamia to Canaan and covers all the great events of Jewish history: the migration to Egypt, entering the Promised Land, Moses and the Ten Commandments, the kingdoms of David and Solomon, the Assyrian destruction of Jewish independence, and so on through ancient and medieval times up to the present day. As one would expect, he writes particularly well - and movingly - about the Holocaust. The last couple of letters in this section are about the modern state of Israel. A final section of letters describes significant aspects of Jewish faith and worship: such as the Jewish New Year, the Day of Atonement, the Sabbath, the synagogue, the rabbi, the Torah, dietary laws, marriage, the menorah (candelabrum), and so on.
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First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. ISBN: 0297607405 Pages: 200 Fine in fine dust jacket.
