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The making of the modern Jew: From the Second Temple to the State of Israel

by Milton Steinberg

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Included in this book, which was originally published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company in 1933, is a new introduction by Jacob Neusner. This volume deserves wide attention as a discussion of the factors of the Jewish survival against persecution.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 296 — Religion Other religions Judaism
LCC: DS143 .S7 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Israel (Palestine). The Jews Jews outside of Palestine
BISAC: REL RELIGION Reference

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Published: 1987
Genres: Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 296
LCC: DS143 .S7

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