Project Gutenberg 2013-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 306 Graetz, Heinrich 1817 1891 Graetz, H. (Heinrich) Graetz, Heinrich Hirsch Graetz, Hirsch Grätz, Hirsch Gratz, Hirsch History of the Jews, Vol. 1 (of 6) Produced by David Edwards, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "History of the Jews, Vol. 1 (of 6)" by Heinrich Graetz is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This volume covers the history of the Jewish people from their earliest origins through to the death of Simon the Maccabee, providing a comprehensive narrative of the cultural, social, and religious development of the Jewish nation. The text serves to enlighten readers about the struggles, triumphs, and historical significance of the Jewish experience over thousands of years. The opening of the work introduces the early period of Jewish history, focusing on the Israelites' entry into Canaan, a land inhabited by various tribes including the Anakim and Canaanites. It describes the formation of the Israelite nation amid formidable challenges and the pivotal role of their patriarchs, particularly the prominence of Moses as a leader and prophet. Graetz highlights the significant events, such as the Exodus from Egypt, the revelation of the Decalogue at Mount Sinai, and the critical military victories that shaped the Jewish people's identity and their understanding of divine promise and moral law. The narrative sets the stage for the broader historical explorations and transformations that are to follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43056/43056-h/images/cover.jpg en Jews -- History DS Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Religious 1315093 1315102 2024-09-18T06:33:16.323466 2023-09-18T14:47:37.284447 text/html text/html 1295390 2013-06-28T22:00:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 548425 2013-06-28T22:02:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 587651 2024-09-18T06:33:35.116352 application/epub+zip 606992 2024-09-18T06:33:20.072421 application/epub+zip 552977 2024-09-18T06:33:18.178453 application/epub+zip 956379 2024-09-18T06:33:45.656809 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 838516 2024-09-18T06:33:32.261367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 784674 2022-09-19T16:14:11.775823 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1128778 2024-09-18T06:33:13.921493 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1128458 2013-06-28T22:00:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 411055 2013-06-28T22:02:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1127459 2013-06-28T22:01:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 410835 2013-06-28T22:02:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1128583 2013-06-28T22:01:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 410846 2013-06-28T22:02:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21414 2024-09-18T06:33:45.819794 application/rdf+xml 18098 2024-09-18T06:33:18.395437 image/jpeg 2641 2024-09-18T06:33:18.285438 image/jpeg 547346 2024-09-18T06:33:16.426444 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog