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BOOKI: The Biblical Period: 2000–538B.C.E.

1. In the Beginning.

2. Welcome to the Promised Land.

3. In the Days of the Kings.

4. A Kingdom Divided, a Temple Destroyed.

BOOKII: The Second Temple Period: 515B.C.E.–70C.E.

5. “These Bones Shall Rise Again”.

6. The Hebrews and the Hellenists.

7. Religious Ferment: Different Visions of Service to God.

8. “Veni, Vidi, Vici”: Rome and Jerusalem.

BOOKIII: The First Millennium: 70C.E.–1000C.E.

9. Struggling to Survive.

10. The Age of the Talmud.

11. The Challenge of Islam: Mohammed and the Caliphs.

12. Different Kinds of Jews: The Karaites and the Khazars.

BOOKIV: Late Medieval Times: 1000–1700s.

13. “It Was the Best of Times”: The Golden Age of Spain.

14. “It Was the Worst of Times”: The Church and the Jews.

15. “Get Out and Stay Out”: The Decrees of Expulsion.

16. The Renaissance: New Beginnings.

17. The Three Spiritual Revolutions.

BOOKV: The Age of Emancipation: 1700s–1800s.

18. America the Beautiful.

19. “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité”: The Winds of Change Buffet Western Europe.

20. The Lingering Curse of Anti-Semitism.

21. Zionism: “To Dream the Impossible Dream”.

BOOKVI: Modern Times: The Twentieth Century to the Present.

22. “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor . . .”: The American Melting Pot.

23. The Horrors of the Holocaust.

24. Welcome Home: Israel Reborn.

25. War—and Peace? Hopes for the Future.

Further Reading.

Permissions Acknowledgments.

Index.