History Of The Jews | A

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.

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

Foundations, the Exodus, and the establishment of the kingdom. Writing as a non-Jewish historian (a Catholic), Johnson

Johnson organizes the history into seven distinct "parts," which makes the massive timeline easier to digest: A History of the Jews

The founding of the State of Israel and the modern Jewish identity. 2. Core Arguments