Jewish Civilization:the Jewish Historical Experience

The essays collected in this volume bring together analyses of different aspects of Jewish historical experience as it developed throughout the centuries – from the early times, those of the First and especially the Second Temple, through selected aspects of this experience in the long medieval period, and then above all in greater detail in modern times, with special emphasis on the Zionist movement, Israeli society and contemporary developments in Jewish communities.

Examining the entire span of Jewish history by focusing on thirty pivotal moments in the Jewish people’s experience from biblical times through the present—essentially the most important events in the life of the Jewish people—Turning Points in Jewish History provides “the big picture”: both a broad and a deep understanding of the Jewish historical experience.