Showing posts with label Israeli history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Israeli history. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

A review of Martin Gilbert’s “Israel: Birth of a Nation” (History Channel)

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“The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people . Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they f...
Sunday, December 25, 2022

Reflections on learning about early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism

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“Typically, Jewish history and Christian history are taught by different teachers; they are even considered different disciplines. As Oxford...
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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Reflections on learning about history of Ancient Israel

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“This book is intended for people of all faiths – and for skeptics, too. It reflects no particular religious commitments – nor is it anti-re...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

A review of “Islam” (audiobook)

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“ Allah—there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him . He has the Most Beautiful Names.” – English translation of The Quran, Surah 20:8 Is...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

A review of “Modern Marvels: The Suez Canal” (History Channel)

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Long before the  Panama Canal  was built, the Suez Canal was opened in 1869. This is the same year that America ’s  Transcontinental Railroa...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

A review of “Judaism” (audiobook)

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“And I will establish my covenant between me and thee [Abraham] and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant , t...
Thursday, May 21, 2020

A review of “Jerusalem: Center of the World” (PBS)

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“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

A review of Simon Schama's “The Story of the Jews”

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“For thou art an holy people unto the L ORD thy God: the L ORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all ...
Sunday, September 22, 2019

Forgotten battlegrounds of the Cold War: North Africa and the Middle East

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If there's ever been a peaceful period in Muslim history, the Cold War was not that period … If there's ever been a peaceful per...
Saturday, July 21, 2018

A review of “Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites” (PBS Empires)

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“And David perceived that the L ORD had confirmed him king over Israel , for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Isr...
Monday, July 16, 2018

Bedtime stories about Armageddon: The lessons of the Cold War about nuclear weapons

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“I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture … ‘ And I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. ’ I suppose we all thought that, one w...