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We all know about King David and King Solomon, but what about the kings Omri and Uzziah?
Of the more than fifty monarchs who sat on the throne of the Jews for over 1000 years, most of us can recall only a few. What we do remember about them has been colored by legend and embellishment. In Kings of the Jews, Norman Gelb tells us the real stories of them all. And in doing so, he reveals how a remarkably resilient people survived divisions, discord, and conquest to forge a vibrant identity that has lasted to the present day.
Kings of the Jews explores some of the most dramatic periods in Jewish history: those of the united Israelite kingdom under David and Solomon, the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the Babylonian exile, and the destruction of the Second Temple and the Roman conquest of Jerusalem.
With illustrations, maps, chronologies, and index.
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An accomplished writer, journalist, and historian, Norman Gelb has written a fair-minded history of the kings of the Jews of ancient times... I cannot praise this book too highly." -Walter Abish, MacArthur fellow and recipient of the PEN/Faulkner Award
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"Norman Gelb paints a vivid picture of Jewish life during the time of each monarch's reign... This riveting exploration is a testament to the remarkable resilience of the Jewish people as they survived and thrived despite divisions, discord, and conquest..."- International Journal of Jewish Education Research
How a resilient people survived division, conquest, and exile more than 2,000 years ago to forge a vibrant identity that has lasted to the present day. Kings of the Jews traces the evolution of the Jewish nation, forerunner of the modern state of Israel, through vivid accounts of the lives and times of the men and women who ruled it -- from Saul to Agrippa II -- in a Middle East even more turbulent than it is today.
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"[Kings of the Jews] makes Jewish history ... approachable to the modern reader ... rich, epic, and certain to maintain interest." --Kirkus Review
"An accomplished writer, journalist, and historian, Norman Gelb has written a fair- minded history of the kings of the Jews of ancient times ... I cannot praise this book too highly." ---Walter Abish, MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the PEN/Faulkner Award
NORMAN GELB received his BA from Brooklyn College and completed post graduate work at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and the University of Vienna. He is the author of several books on critical moments in history and lives in London with his wife, artist Barbara Gelb.
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