About this title: A narrative history of the Jewish people, written by the best-selling author of "How the Irish Saved Civilization". Cahill understands the real significance of the Jews in world history to be not merely as the originators of monotheism, but as the first people to understand the notion of history itself--the first to view time as a linear narrative in which action is irrevocable and significant.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books/Nan A Talese
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780385482493ISBN:0385482493
Description: Very Good. First printing 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Slight cover wear with minor scuffing to edges. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books/Nan A Talese
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780385482493ISBN:0385482493
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780385482486ISBN:0385482485
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780385482486ISBN:0385482485
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780385482486ISBN:0385482485
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor Books/Nan A Talese
ISBN-13:9780385482493ISBN:0385482493
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor Books/Nan A Talese
ISBN-13:9780385482493ISBN:0385482493
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Description: Good. Volume 2. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780385482486ISBN:0385482485
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780385482486ISBN:0385482485
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Hinges of History, 2. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Fantastic and easy to read. Going from Sumerian stories through the Israelite prophets of the Old Testament, Cahill links them into a narrative that makes sense of how our world has been altered so profoundly by the people who emerged as the Jews. He even claims that advertising would not work or even exist without this worldview, which tickles the mind since I've been watching Mad Men lately."
"I've read this book before and decided it was worth listening to during a road trip over the past few days. What I liked best about it this time around was the narrator, whose name is Richard M. Davidson. If you write a book, I highly recommend you hire him to do the audio version. I especially liked his reading of the passages that came directly from Scripture. It makes me wish he had a recording out of the entire Bible. I wonder how he would do with that massive list of names in 1 Chronicles. As for the content I'm going to be somewhat more critical, so I want to begin by saying that there's a lot of interesting material here. I found it worthwhile listening (and reading before, I think, although I didn't remember it very well), and I think Christians, Jews, Muslims and nonbelievers with an interest in ancient history would also find it interesting. Toward the end of the book, Thomas Cahill writes that "we" can no longer believe everything we read in the Bible; indeed "we" would not want to believe in God as depicted in some passages of the Bible. I'll gladly admit that there are things about God that I discover in the Bible that I find perplexing and even disturbing. But I didn't realize the question of God was multiple choice, that we get to choose which sort of God we want to believe in. I don't include myself in Mr. Cahill's "we." He also perpetuates the lie that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was not homosexual behavior but lack of hospitality. Apparently, "we" find Genesis 19 to be inconvenient."
"Faith, hope, imagination, determination - Cahill claims these are some of the gifts of the Jews. I really like these Hinges of History books. They are short, informative and engagingly written. I feel like we are definitely getting a lot of Cahill's opinion, but it helps me form my own opinions too. History is too dry without opinion and almost non-existent without conjecture. Recommend: adult"
"This actually corrected some of the real-life history of the Israelites (Hebrews, 12 Tribes) that I learned with newer data. An interesting read on how the linear school of thought that the entire western world adheres to (beginning/end, versus circular of eastern belief systems) is due to Abrahamaic/Hebrew thinking. IT also provides additional insight into why the region is as it is today. Overall I recommend this highly as a layman's read on the more ancient history of the people that today call themselves Jews. I personally wish it had been a longer, more in-depth book, more scholarly, but it reads well as light reading."
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