Thomas Cahill, author of the bestselling How the Irish Saved Civilization , continues his Hinges of History series with The Gifts of the Jews , a light-handed, popular account of ancient Jewish culture, the culture of the Bible. The book is written from a decidedly modern point of view. Cahill notes, for instance, that Abraham moved the Jews from Ur to the land of Canaan "to improve their prospects," and that the leering inhabitants of Sodom surrounded Lot's lodging "like t. . .
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• ISBN: 0385482493
• Item can not be gift wrapped.
• Paperback: 304 pages
• Anchor Books/Nan A Talese (August 17, 1999)
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• Estimated Ship Dimensions : 5.09 inches length x 0.5 inches width x 8 inches height
