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2013

Format:	Book
Author:	Schama, Simon.
Title:	The story of the Jews : finding the words, 1000 BC-1492 AD / Simon Schama.
Edition:	First U.S. edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2013]
Description:	496 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Summary:	Details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World in 1492 to the modern day. A tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews.
Subjects:	Jews -- History.
Other Title:	Story of the Jews (Television program)
Notes:	"Originally published in Great Britain in 2013 by the Bodley Head, an imprint of Random House UK"--Title-page verso. "Tie-in to the PBS and BBC series 'The Story of the Jews'"--Jacket flap. Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-465) and index.
Contents:	Papyrus, potsherd, parchment. In Egypt ; The words ; Delving, divining... ; Classical Jews? -- Mosaic, parchment, paper. The Menorah and the Cross ; Among the believers ; The women of Ashkenaz ; Trials ; Exile from exile.
ISBN:	0060539186 9780060539184
Other Number:	859186633
System Availability:	3
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	403710
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Call Number:	909.04924 Schama

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