Atlante di storia ebraica

This fascinating Atlas traces the history of the Jewish people, from the early Jewish migration from Ur to Canaan, in about 2000 BC, up to developments in the modern State of Israel. He traces the migration of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt back to the Promised Land, and the conquest of the Pro Leggi tutto

I was extremely hesitant to order Sir Martin Gilbert’s ebook, “The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History (Routledge Historical Atlases) 9th Edition,” because the only review of it that I could find—on Amazon—gave it 3 stars, primarily because the reviewer claimed that the maps were fuzzy. So, when I too Leggi tutto

This fascinating Atlas traces the history of the Jewish people, from the early Jewish migration from Ur to Canaan, in about 2000 BC, up to developments in the modern State of Israel. He traces the migration of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt back to the Promised Land, and the conquest of the Pro Leggi tutto

Well it's an atlas of Jewish history all right. Lots of maps showing things in Jewish history. I'm going to use this to work with my new medieval persona.

This is quite an old publication and as such only goes up to 1980. Martin Gilbert, one of our most eminent (and readable) historians, applies his scholarship in graphical form, charting the diaspora through a series of annotated maps. Most interesting to me are those from the Middle Ages, showing ju Leggi tutto

I don't know if Martin believed that he achieved his stated goal--to not dwell upon the negative aspects and make this book more a celebration than anything else--but I certainly found it all a very glum business indeed.

Everyone who wants to understand the history of the Jews should read this. It covers a broad spectrum and is very informative. However I sometimes thought that it wasn‘t very well structured and it got confusing at certain points. But overall a fascinating read.