The Jews: Story Of A People

Beginning in the ancient world, this colorful, fast-paced saga enriches our understanding of the Jews and their impact on the world. With drama no fiction can match, master storyteller Howard Fast traces the evolution of a tradition powerful enough to give lasting identity to a scattered, wandering people. Bringing to vivid life the extraordinary men and women who have shaped history - Moses, Hillel, the Maccabees, Jesus, Paul, Asser Levy, Herzl(and many more), this compelling book explores the customs and philosophies that have endured persecution, emigration, and the Holocaust. Fast also probes the towering achievements of this unique and fascinating people, illustrating their important role in the origins of Western culture, Christianity, and modern Europe. THE JEWS is comprehensive, enlightening, and utterly readable. "The narrative moves briskly¨the author has read widely and conscientiously.. Fast's gifts as a storyteller are clearly manifest." - The New York Times Book Review