A History Of | The Jews

The catastrophic impact of the Shoah on world Jewry.

Writing as a non-Jewish historian (a Catholic), Johnson is openly admiring of Jewish contributions to humanity. He views Jewish history as a "providential" story of survival. A History of the Jews

He emphasizes how Jewish ethics and monotheism provided the moral framework for Western civilization. The catastrophic impact of the Shoah on world Jewry

Unlike a dry textbook, it reads like a biography of a people. It is fast-paced but dense with names and dates. 4. Why Read It? A History of the Jews