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The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (The Hinges of History series)
by CAHILL, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385482485
- ISBN 13
- 9780385482486
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About This Item
New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385482485 . A first printing of the first US edition. Thomas Cahill presents an assessment of the important role played by the early Jews toward the advancement of Western Civilization, starting in the third millennium BC. The author tells of such Biblical notables as Abraham, Sarah, Moses, David, Amos, Isaiah, Naomi and Ruth. Includes biblical and general indices. Volume two in author's "Hinges of History" series (of a planned total of seven). --- In black and beige paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket features Giliola Chiste photographic portrait of the author to rear flap. Despite first edition statement and number line to copyright page, jacket does not have a flap price. --- An excellent copy: clean, bright and newish. Similar excellent jacket with a little back panel rubbing and minor curling to edges, else bright.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xii, 291 pages .
Synopsis
The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting journey into history, once again recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today.The Gifts of the Jews reveals the critical change that made western civilization possible. Within the matrix of ancient religions and philosophies, life was seen as part of an endless cycle of birth and death; time was like a wheel, spinning ceaselessly. Yet somehow, the ancient Jews began to see time differently. For them, time had a beginning and an end; it was a narrative, whose triumphant conclusion would come in the future. From this insight came a new conception of men and women as individuals with unique destinies--a conception that would inform the Declaration of Independence--and our hopeful belief in progress and the sense that tomorrow can be better than today. As Thomas Cahill narrates this momentous shift, he also explains the real significance of such Biblical figures as Abraham and Sarah, Moses and the Pharaoh, Joshua, Isaiah, and Jeremiah.Full of compelling stories, insights and humor, The Gifts of the Jews is an irresistible exploration of history as fascinating and fun as How the Irish Saved Civilization.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85367
- Title
- The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (The Hinges of History series)
- Author
- CAHILL, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385482485
- ISBN 13
- 9780385482486
- Publisher
- Nan A. Talese / Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- 0385482485
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>History; >>Religion and Spirituality;
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