{"product_id":"the-story-of-the-jews-volume-one-finding-the-words-1000-bc-1492-ad-9780060539207","title":"The Story of the Jews Volume One: Finding the Words 1000 Bc-1492 AD","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this magnificently illustrated cultural history--the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series \u003cem\u003eThe Story of the Jews\u003c\/em\u003e--Simon Schama 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt spans the millennia and the continents--from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings; the palm groves of the Jewish dead in the Roman catacombs. And its voices ring loud and clear, from the severities and ecstasies of the Bible writers to the love poems of wine bibbers in a garden in Muslim Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Story of the Jews, \u003c\/em\u003e the Talmud burns in the streets of Paris, massed gibbets hang over the streets of medieval London, a Majorcan illuminator redraws the world; candles are lit, chants are sung, mules are packed, ships loaded with spice and gems founder at sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a great story unfolds. Not--as often imagined--of a culture apart, but of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich makes the story of the Jews everyone's story, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchama, Simon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimon Schama\u003c\/strong\u003e is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University in New York. His award-winning books include \u003cem\u003eScribble, Scribble, Scribble\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe American Future: A History\u003c\/em\u003e; National Book Critics Circle Award winner \u003cem\u003eRough Crossings\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Power of Art\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eCitizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eDead Certainties (Unwarranted Speculations)\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eLandscape and Memory\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eRembrandt's Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e; and the \u003cem\u003eHistory of Britain\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy. He has written and presented forty television documentary films for the BBC, PBS, and The History Channel, including the Emmy-winning \u003cem\u003ePower of Art\u003c\/em\u003e, on subjects that range from John Donne to Tolstoy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635120935186,"sku":"9780060539207","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc686313-4275-45d6-89d6-0155bc291f04.jpg?v=1732833907","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-story-of-the-jews-volume-one-finding-the-words-1000-bc-1492-ad-9780060539207","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}