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The Sacred Chain: A History of the Jews
by Cantor, Norman F
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0002556014
- ISBN 13
- 9780002556019
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
HarperCollins Publishers, 1995 Book. As New. Hardcover. Revised Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. xxi, 480 pp. Revised Edition, 1995. Not Price clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Dark-blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Preface, Prologue: Writing Jewish History; 1. The Origin of the Jews; 2. The People of the Covenant; 3. Jewish Diversity; 4. Destruction and Redemption; 5. Mediterranean Renaissance; 6. Ashkenaz and Sepharad; 7. The Jewish Reformation; 8. Modernity and Jewish Emancipation; 9. The Response to Modernity and Modernism; 10. The Wall of Hatred; 11. The National Societies; 12. The Future of Jews; selected biblography, index..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001432
- Title
- The Sacred Chain: A History of the Jews
- Author
- Cantor, Norman F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002556014
- ISBN 13
- 9780002556019
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- HISTORY JEWISH HISTORY INTELLECTUAL CRITICISM AND HISTORIOGRAPHICAL THEMATIC ASSESSMENTS INTRO TO JEWISH STUDIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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