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Author Unterman, Alan

Title Historical Dictionary of the Jews
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (277 pages)
Contents Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Author
Summary The Historical Dictionary of the Jews presents the history of the Jewish people and their religious culture in a way that makes clear how and why this small, ancient people have survived nearly four millennia and managed to play such an important role in the world-well out of proportion to their population. The Jews trace their origins far back in history to the early tribes of Judah and Moses. Over the centuries, they spread across much of the Western world, as well as into parts of Africa and Asia, until they were crushed by the Holocaust and were forced to find refuge in the United States a
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Subject Jews -- History -- Chronology -- Dictionaries
Acronyms.
Abbreviations.
abbreviations.
Abbreviations
Acronyms
Jews
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780810875081
081087508X