This text is the primary text for a course I teach on Modern & Contemporary Judaism, at a university primarily set up for military personnel to get their education via distance education. It is ideally suited for a course in Judaism, as it is divided into three broad sections (history, belief, and practice) which are each in turn subdivided into short chapters easily digested by students, linking together well both within the sections and across the three principle divisions.
The longest section is the history section, and Cohn-Sherbok begins in ancient Mesopotamia, drawing on archaeological evidence and chronicles of other ancient peoples as well as biblical sources for his development of the people who came to be called the ... Read More:
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This text is the primary text for a course I teach on Modern & Contemporary Judaism, at a university primarily set up for military personnel to get their education via distance education. It is ideally suited for a course in Judaism, as it is divided into three broad sections (history, belief, and practice) which are each in turn subdivided into short chapters easily digested by students, linking together well both within the sections and across the three principle divisions.
The longest section is the history section, and Cohn-Sherbok begins in ancient Mesopotamia, drawing on archaeological evidence and chronicles of other ancient peoples as well as biblical sources for his development of the people who came to be called the ... Read More:
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This book appeared to be just what I was looking for - where an educated person from either side of the conflict gives their perspective on the events which led to what we have today.
It all started well, with a reasonably balanced (albeit, slightly biased) view from the Israeli side which includes many facts, figures and well researched (with plenty of citations) information. The Palestinian perspective, sadly, was much more of a self-righteous stance, relying less on fact and more on opinion.
This book could have been much better, but it's still worth a read - if only for half it.
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This book appeared to be just what I was looking for - where an educated person from either side of the conflict gives their perspective on the events which led to what we have today.
It all started well, with a reasonably balanced (albeit, slightly biased) view from the Israeli side which includes many facts, figures and well researched (with plenty of citations) information. The Palestinian perspective, sadly, was much more of a self-righteous stance, relying less on fact and more on opinion.
This book could have been much better, but it's still worth a read - if only for half it.
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This book appeared to be just what I was looking for - where an educated person from either side of the conflict gives their perspective on the events which led to what we have today.
It all started well, with a reasonably balanced (albeit, slightly biased) view from the Israeli side which includes many facts, figures and well researched (with plenty of citations) information. The Palestinian perspective, sadly, was much more of a self-righteous stance, relying less on fact and more on opinion.
This book could have been much better, but it's still worth a read - if only for half it.
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This book appeared to be just what I was looking for - where an educated person from either side of the conflict gives their perspective on the events which led to what we have today.
It all started well, with a reasonably balanced (albeit, slightly biased) view from the Israeli side which includes many facts, figures and well researched (with plenty of citations) information. The Palestinian perspective, sadly, was much more of a self-righteous stance, relying less on fact and more on opinion.
This book could have been much better, but it's still worth a read - if only for half it.
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This book appeared to be just what I was looking for - where an educated person from either side of the conflict gives their perspective on the events which led to what we have today.
It all started well, with a reasonably balanced (albeit, slightly biased) view from the Israeli side which includes many facts, figures and well researched (with plenty of citations) information. The Palestinian perspective, sadly, was much more of a self-righteous stance, relying less on fact and more on opinion.
This book could have been much better, but it's still worth a read - if only for half it.
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This book appeared to be just what I was looking for - where an educated person from either side of the conflict gives their perspective on the events which led to what we have today.
It all started well, with a reasonably balanced (albeit, slightly biased) view from the Israeli side which includes many facts, figures and well researched (with plenty of citations) information. The Palestinian perspective, sadly, was much more of a self-righteous stance, relying less on fact and more on opinion.
This book could have been much better, but it's still worth a read - if only for half it.
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I found this book to be very useful as an introduction to a religion I was going onto study, and about which I felt I knew very little. It is very readable as well as containing factual information and important opinions which combine to make it an interesting read as well as enlightening about its subject.
If used together with a short history of Judaism it can provide an even greater understanding of the faith and its turbulent history.
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I found this book to be very useful as an introduction to a religion I was going onto study, and about which I felt I knew very little. It is very readable as well as containing factual information and important opinions which combine to make it an interesting read as well as enlightening about its subject.
If used together with a short history of Judaism it can provide an even greater understanding of the faith and its turbulent history.
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