The Origin of the Jews: The Quest for Roots in a Rootless Age
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The Origin of the Jews: The Quest for Roots in a Rootless Age
By (Author) Steven Weitzman
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
11th June 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Religious issues and debates
History of religion
900
Physical Properties
Paperback
408
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
The scholarly quest to answer the question of Jewish origins The Jews have one of the longest continuously recorded histories of any people in the world, but what do we actually know about their origins While many think the answer to this question can be found in the Bible, others look to archaeology or genetics. Some skeptics have even sought
Reviews
"Winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Education and Jewish Identity (In Memory of Dorothy Kripke)"
Author Bio
Steven Weitzman is the Abraham M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures and Ella Darivoff Director of the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His books include Solomon: The Lure of Wisdom.
