Reviews for History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity to the Present Time

The average rating for History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity to the Present Time based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-10-15 00:00:00 Dane Lerding Beautiful pictorial history of Israel and the Jewish people, filled with exciting facts and exquisite illustrations and photos. Set into two parts: that of a university lecture on Israel and a trip by the professor and students to Israel. Begins with the beginnings of Israel as as a people in the biblical narrative, with the migration of Abraham to Canaan, and continues through the Biblical narrative of Joseph, Moses' leading of the Jews from slavery back to the Land of Israel. Continues with the Kingdom of David and Solomon, the Persian Exile and return, Alexander the Great and the brave resistance of the Maccabees to Israel's Greco-Syrian occupiers. Covers the roman occupation, the roman destruction of the Temple and forced exile of the Jews, from their ancient homeland, life in the diaspora including persecutions and the great rabbis and scholars who were inspired to write the Talmud, Midrash and Zohar. Fantastic sections on Zionism and the return of the Jews to the Land of Israel, and the aggressive reaction of the Arabs who had migrated to Israel, and their attacks on the Jewish returnees to their own land. Documents the Holocaust and the collaboration of Palestinian Arab leader Mufti Haj Armin al Husseini and other Arabs with the Nazis. Outstanding introduction to the conflict and crammed with facts about Israel's rebirth, her wars of survival, against terrorism and her vast achievement in science and medicine, agriculture, literature, language and culture. this the definitive book for one who knows little and desires to learn about Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Confronts the issues and history of Israel head on and in absorbing and always exciting way. Fantastically illustrated throughout, colourful and attractive.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-04-03 00:00:00 Angel Jenkins A concise and illustrated overview of the history of Israel. I thought it was fairly even-handed in its history. It did not make any religious group out to be the villains, while at the same time showing the historical atrocities committed by different groups at various times. Shows and describes Israel's historical and Biblical figures; life when they were a nation; life when they lived under the rule of different outside empires, and the history and leaders that led up to Israel becoming a nation again and the international and mid-eastern conflicts that have since arisen. I read this to inform myself of the country I will be visiting in the fall.