Abstract: The Jewish tradition has contributed greatly to the formation of Western Civilization.
Keywords: book review, religion, philosophy, history, Hebrew Bible, God's presence in history, morality, gift to all nations, Judaism to 70 A.D., Jews, Old Testament, Biblical events, civilization, Jewish influences.

Title: The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
Author: Thomas Cahill
Publisher: Doubleday and Company
Date Published: March 1998
ISBN: 0385482485
LOCN: BM165.C25 1998
Dewey: 909/.04924 21
Pages: 291
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Author:        Cahill, Thomas.
Title:         The gifts of the Jews : how a tribe of desert
                  nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels / Thomas
                  Cahill.
Edition:       1st ed.
Published:     New York : Nan A. Talese, c1998.
Description:   xii, 291 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Series:        The hinges of history ; vol. 2
LC Call No.:   BM165.C25 1998
Dewey No.:     909/.04924 21
ISBN:          0385482485 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:         Includes indexes.
Subjects:      Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D.
               Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D.
               Bible. O.T. -- History of Biblical events.
               Civilization -- Jewish influences.
Series Entry:  Cahill, Thomas. Hinges of history ; vol. 2.
Control No.:   97045139 

     

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