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The Story of the Jews

Explores the history of Judaism from ancient times to the present day.

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  • "Story of the Jews, with Simon Schama"@en

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  • "Explores the history of Judaism from ancient times to the present day."@en
  • ""An epic five-part series exploring the extraordinary story of the Jewish experience from ancient times to the present day ... the story unfolds with the help of a dazzling cast of historical characters, vivid storytelling, stunning location photography and encounters with people who live with the passions and perplexities of the Jewish story today. At the heart of [the series] is a compelling argument about distinctiveness and difference, separation and isolation, tolerance and prejudice, but it is also a celebration of the ways in which Jewish thought, Jewish imagination and Jewish achievement have transformed the world for us all"--container insert."@en
  • ""It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish Kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings; the palm groves of the Jewish dead in the Roman catacombs. And its voices ring loud and clear, from the severities and ecstasies of the Bible writers to the love poems of wine bibbers in a garden in Muslim Spain. Within these pages, the Talmud burns in the streets of Paris, massed gibbets hang over the streets of medieval London, a Majorcan illuminator redraws the world; candles are lit, chants are sung, mules are packed, ships loaded with spice and gems founder at sea. And a great story unfolds. Not - as often imagined - of a culture apart, but of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians, which makes the story of the Jews everyone's story, too."--Publisher's description."
  • "Chronicles the Jewish experience from ancient times to the present day through a cast of historical characters, vivid storytelling, location photography, and more."@en
  • "Simon Schama presents an epic 5 part series exploring the story of the Jewish experience from ancient times to the present day."@en
  • "British historian Simon Schama looks at the impact of the Jews and the Jewish experience on the world. Tells ancient and modern stories that illuminate the passions and perplexities of the Jewish people today. Features archival material."
  • ""Simon Schama presents an epic five-part series exploring the extraordinary story of the Jewish experience from ancient times to the present day. Drawing on original scholarship and Schama's own family history, this is a story that is at once deeply historical and utterly contemporary, taking viewers on a journey from the Biblical past to tomorrow's front pages. Travelling the globe from the Middle East to Eastern Europe, from New York and Berlin to Cairo and Jerusalem, the story unfolds with the help of a dazzling cast of historical characters, vivid storytelling, stunning location photography and encounters with people who live with the passions and perplexities of the Jewish story today. At the heart of 'The Story of the Jews' is a compelling argument about distinctiveness and difference, separation and isolation, tolerance and prejudice, but it is also a celebration of the ways in which Jewish thought, Jewish imagination and Jewish achievement have transformed the world for us all"--Container."

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  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Television series"
  • "Television mini-series"
  • "Television series"@en
  • "Television mini-series"@en
  • "Videos (DVD)"@en
  • "Documentary films"
  • "Documentary television programs"
  • "Documentary television programs"@en
  • "Television programs"@en
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  • "Nonfiction television programs"
  • "Nonfiction television programs"@en
  • "Historical television programs"
  • "Historical television programs"@en
  • "Video recordings for people with visual disabilities"@en
  • "Nonfiction television series"@en
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en

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  • "The Story of the Jews"@en
  • "Story of the Jews (Television program)"
  • "Story of the Jews (Television program)"@en
  • "The story of the jews"
  • "The story of the Jews"
  • "The story of the Jews"@en

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