Germans during wwii had a higher suicide rate than jews in the concentration camps. This process, called hellenization, was not a sudden imposition of greek culture on native peoples but a centurieslong. Jews god and history max i dimont librarydoc27 pdf best of all, they are entirely free to. Dimonts extremely popular jews, god and history 1962 ended with a cabalistichegelian historical schema in three acts. Philosophers and kings, warriors and merchants, poets and financiers come alive as the story ranges across time and the globe. Jews, god, and history kindle edition by dimont, max i download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Max isaac dimont 12 august 1912 25 march 1992 was a finnish american historian and author. Dimont, author of the indestructible jews, the jews in america, the amazing adventures of the jewish people, and appointment in jerusalem, was born in helsinki, finland, and came to the united states in 1930. Jews god and history by dimont, first edition abebooks. Dimont traces the nomadic jewish tribes from their settlement in the promised land to their ultimate dispersion. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. He taught himself english by reading shakespeares plays, the bible, and american plays translated into finnish.
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Dimont max isaac jews, god and history balder exlibris. I have used as mu ch of his material as possible and tried to keep faith with his ideas, concerns. This book, in the 70s, encouraged me to become the best american jew that i could be and to support israel, the jews of the soviet union, argentina and everywhere else where they needed help, as best as i was able. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the jews in america. For those who do not have a background in jewish history, chaim potok, wanderings. The paperback of the jews, god, and history 50th anniversary edition by max i. Jews, god, and history signed by the author by dimont, max i. Buy jews, god, and history book online at low prices in india. Moses, jesus, paul, baruch spinoza, karl marx, sigmund freud, albert einstein.
From ancient palestine through europe and the orient, to america and modern israel, max i. In 1962, he published jews, god and history, which received critical acclaim and has sold over 1. Sep 28, 2019 at the time of his death in 1992, max dimont was in the process of updating jews, god and history. Max dimont s jews, god, and history is a now wellknown summary of the subject. Biblical historian max dimont, author of the classic jews, god, and history, explores the mystery surrounding the predictions jesus made abouthis fate. Examines jewish history to show the relation between the jew and his god and the reasons behind jewish survival over four thousand years. From ancient palestine through europe and asia, to america and modern israel, max i. It answers the questions of the layman searching for an interpretation and understanding of events and facts covering four thousand years of jewish and world. Jews, god and history by max isaac dimont, 9780451529404, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Dimont shows how the saga of the jews is interwoven with the story. Dimonts jews, god, and history, with more than a million and a half copies in print, has been acclaimed the best popular history of the jews written in the english language. Dimont shows the history of the jews in the context of the entire.
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Here dimont takes it up, complete with cosmic director, and runs through what is essentially the same historical survey, with the same desire to transcend a saga of specialized suffering, and the very same. Jews, god and history is a phenomenal work which undertakes the difficult and tedious task of presenting the 4,000 year history of the jewish people. Having worked with him from the time he started thinking about writing this book in 1955, i feel he would have wanted the task finished. Conscientious scholarship is evident in this informative record of jewish history from its inception 4000 years ago to the present. Jews, god and history is a comprehensive account of the 4000year history of the jewish people, the origin of their faith and their journey from ancient palestine to all corners of the world till the making of modern israel. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A history of the jews, max dimont, god, jews and history, are the best of the shorter, popular books on the topic. I strongly preferred paul johnsons history of the jews to max dimont. Max dimonts jews, god, and history is a now wellknown summary of the subject. Aug 07, 2007 buy jews, god, and history 2nd new edition by dimont, max isaac isbn. And dimont convinced me i could do it from here, america.
Dimont immediately draws the attention of the reader in his introduction, musing about how such a small population of people have had such influence on the greater world. Jews, god, and the indestructible jews history the. It answers the questions of the layman searching for an interpr. Other works include the indestructible jews, the jews in america, and appointment in jerusalem. From ancient palestine through europe and the orient, to america and modern israel, max dimont shows how the saga of the jews is interwoven with the history of virtually every nation on earth. Dimont, including jews, god and history, and the jews in america, and more on thriftbooks. Instead of presenting this history from an insulated point of view, author max i. Max dimont, in his book jews, god and history,compares the conquering greeks to a hoop skirt into which they tried to fit their conquered peoples in the near east 77. Raised in a jewish family in helsinki, grand duchy of finland, dimont came. Publication date 1962 topics jews, judaism publisher new york new american library. He had been at work on a second edition of jews, god and history which was not yet finished.
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