A History Of The Jews [Web TOP-RATED]

He emphasizes how Jewish ethics and monotheism provided the moral framework for Western civilization.

Johnson organizes the history into seven distinct "parts," which makes the massive timeline easier to digest: A History of the Jews

The catastrophic impact of the Shoah on world Jewry. He emphasizes how Jewish ethics and monotheism provided

The 18th and 19th centuries, where Jews began entering mainstream European society. A History of the Jews

It provides a great bridge between ancient religious history and modern political history.

Johnson argues that the Jews survived because they were "the people of the book." When they lost their land, they carried their nationhood within their laws and literature.