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New. pp. 328. Still Sealed In Publisher's Shrink Wrap. What Has Given The Jewish People Their Resilience, Their Power Of Survival, And Their Ability To Adapt To Radically New Conditions Without Losing Their Identity? What Combination Of Religious Faith, Social Organization, Intellectual Toughness, And Poetic Imagination Constitutes Jewishness? Eighteen Eminent Scholars Address These Questions In This Richly Illustrated Survey Of Jewish History From Its Earliest Days To The Foundation Of Israel. Equal Weight Is Given To Judaica And To The Ways In Which Judaism Has Coped With The Challenges Of Modernity. This Unparalleled Work Of Scholarship Is Enhanced Throughout By A Plethora Of Superbly Reproduced Illustrations, From Manuscript Illuminations And Liturgical Objects To Medieval Prints And Popular Art. 436 Illustrations, 135 In Color. Edited By Elie Kedourie, A Distinguished Historian And Political Philosopher, The Book Includes Essays By Haim Beinart, T. Carmi, Amnon Cohen, S. Ettinger, Shelomo Dov Goitein, A. Grossman, Oscar Handlin, Arthur Hertzberg, Arthur Hyman, Lionel Kochan, Hyam Maccoby, Jacob Neusner, H. W. F. Saggs, Amnon Shiloah, Ezra Spicehandler, David Vital, R. J. Zwi Werblowsky, And Zvi Yavetz.