Jews, God and History

Second Edition

Author: Max I. Dimont

Now updated and broadened, this acclaimed book spans centuries and circles the globe to tell the astounding 4,000-year story of the Jewish people and their triumphant contributions to the history of Asia, Europe, and America.

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How have the Jews survived through so many millennia while other civilizations have declined and perished? What qualities mark the culture that has produced Moses, Christ, Spinoza, Marx, Freud, and Einstein? From ancient Palestine through Europe and the Orient, to America and modern Israel, Max I. Dimont shows how the saga of the Jews is interwoven with the story of virtually every nation on earth. This is a tale of a people escaping annihilation, fighting, falling back, advancing—a lively and fascinating look at how the Jews have contributed to humankind's spiritual and intellectual heritage in remarkable ways, and across a remarkable span of history.

Critic Reviews

“"More interesting than the facts Dimont has collected…is the fascinating reasoning of a bright and unorthodox mind."- San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle "A book of life and hope. There are few greater documents to the vitality and perseverance of Man than this history of the Jews."- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Done with warmth and vitality. Written for laymen by a scholarly layman who has a passion for his theme."- Max Lerner "By far the liveliest popular history of the Jewish people that I have ever read. In many ways, a strikingly original synthesis of Jewish history."- Richard B. Morris, author of The Forging of the Union, 17811789 and Witnesses at the Creation”

"More interesting than the facts Dimont has collected...is the fascinating reasoning of a bright and unorthodox mind."--San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle

"A book of life and hope. There are few greater documents to the vitality and perseverance of Man than this history of the Jews."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Done with warmth and vitality. Written for laymen by a scholarly layman who has a passion for his theme."--Max Lerner

"By far the liveliest popular history of the Jewish people that I have ever read. In many ways, a strikingly original synthesis of Jewish history."--Richard B. Morris, author of The Forging of the Union, 1781-1789 and Witnesses at the Creation

About the Author

Max I. Dimont, author of The Indestructible Jews, The Jews in America, The Amazing Adventures of the Jewish People, and Appointment in Jerusalem, was born in Helsinki, Finland, and came to the United States in 1930. He taught himself English by reading Shakespeare's plays, the Bible, and American plays translated into Finnish. After serving in intelligence with the U.S. Army during World War II, he worked in public relations and employee relations for Edison Brothers Stores in St. Louis. Following the first publication of the bestselling Jews, God and History, he lectured extensively on Jewish history throughout the United States, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and Finland until his death in 1992.