"This ambitious history by six Hebrew University scholars seeks to encompass the full range of the Jewish
experience in nationhood and exile. It is an impressive work...considering the necessary compression--5,000 years
and a scattering of settings virtually worldwide covered in just over 1,100 pages--the work is an achievement of
consequence."
--Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
"Offering a full panorama of Jewish existence from the dim origins of the 2nd millennium B.C.E. to the
hard politics of modern Israel, this work breaks new ground for a one-volume history, both in its range and in
its authority...The book as a whole is a monument to scholarship and feeling, immersing the reader on every page
in the rich texture of the Jewish heritage."
--Chaim Raphael, Commentary
"This huge collection of essays by 'leading scholars at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem' brings to ultimate
expression the 'peoplehood-and-history' theory of Jewish historiography.'
--Jacob Neuser, American Historical Review
"Represents one of the finest compendia on the topic published to date."
