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The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
de Cahill, Thomas
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385482485
- ISBN 13
- 9780385482486
- Librería
-
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. (1st) Slightly smaller book, black spine, cream boards, gilt lettering very bright on spine, dark red with color-illustration from an Egyptian wall inside covers and adjacent end papers, four-line stamp of Unitarian church on top of first front end paper and half-title page, four-line stamp for eminent St. Petersburg Times columnist Bill Maxwell on half-title page also, 291 pages. DJ glossy with color photo of shoreline on front in gilt frame, gilt background to title on spine, praise for Cahill's "How The Irish Saved Civilization" on back for Richard Bernstein in New York Times Book Review, the New Yorker, Thomas Keneally and others. Very Fine DJ/Near Very Fine book.
Sinopsis
The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting journey into history, once again recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today.The Gifts of the Jews reveals the critical change that made western civilization possible. Within the matrix of ancient religions and philosophies, life was seen as part of an endless cycle of birth and death; time was like a wheel, spinning ceaselessly. Yet somehow, the ancient Jews began to see time differently. For them, time had a beginning and an end; it was a narrative, whose triumphant conclusion would come in the future. From this insight came a new conception of men and women as individuals with unique destinies--a conception that would inform the Declaration of Independence--and our hopeful belief in progress and the sense that tomorrow can be better than today. As Thomas Cahill narrates this momentous shift, he also explains the real significance of such Biblical figures as Abraham and Sarah, Moses and the Pharaoh, Joshua, Isaiah, and Jeremiah.Full of compelling stories, insights and humor, The Gifts of the Jews is an irresistible exploration of history as fascinating and fun as How the Irish Saved Civilization.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 35304
- Título
- The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
- Autor
- Cahill, Thomas
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385482485
- ISBN 13
- 9780385482486
- Editorial
- Doubleday
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1998
- Palabras clave
- BIBLE HISTORY BIBLICAL EVENTS O
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Judaica;
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