The Jews - A Treasury of Art and Literature

by Sharon R. Keller

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The selections evoke the tone and texture of Jewish life from biblical times through the centuries of Diaspora across Europe, northern Africa, Asia Minor, and ultimately to the New World; from the Middle Ages through the early 20th century, and from the Holocaust to the subsequent creation of a Jewish homeland in Israel.

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NO OF PAGES: 384 SUB CAT I: Art SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: This magnificent anthology of Jewish art and literature reveals the depth and breadth of the Jewish experience through well-chosen texts and images that mark momentous developments in Jewish art, religion, politics, and everyday life.NOTES: SUBTITLE: A Treasury of Art and Literature

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