The gifts of the Jews: how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels, Thomas Cahill
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The gifts of the Jews: how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels, Thomas Cahill
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The gifts of the Jews: how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels
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Thomas Cahill
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Hinges of history; 2
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Taking us first to Sumer in the third millennium, Cahill explores a civilization in which life is seen - as it was in all ancient societies - as part of an endless cycle of birth and death: time perceived as a wheel, spinning ceaselessly, never altering its course - until the ancient Jews dramatically change that perception. When Abraham hears the Voice of God speaking the unexpected words "Go forth, " the concept of an unknown future takes hold and Western civilization is born
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Introduction: The Jews Are It -- I. The Temple in the Moonlight: The Primeval Religious Experience -- II. The Journey in the Dark: The Unaccountable Innovation -- III. Egypt: From Slavery to Freedom -- IV. Sinai: From Death to Life -- V. Canaan: From Tribe to Nation -- VI. Babylon: From Many to One -- VII. From Then Till Now: The Jews Are Still It -- The Books of the Hebrew Bible -- Index of Biblical Citations
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