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The best history books five books expert recommendations. This is an immensely readable and accessible book and a good primer for students a helpful glossary and a fastpaced and interesting narrative make this one. Organized chronologically, the volume explores the emergence of zionism in europe against the backdrop of relations among jews, arabs, and turks, and the earliest pioneer settlements in. Novels about the founding of israel score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The dovekeepers by alice hoffman, the red tent by anita diamant, canaanite myth and hebrew epic. Books on israel travel, history, art, christianity, archaeology and so on, not to mention the prickly topic of israel wars and. A grand strategy for america in the middle east, by kenneth m. Written by barry rubin, a leading historian of the middle east, the book is based around six major themes. Brown, john brights a history of israel will continue to be a standard for a new generation of students of the old testament. Travel, archaeology, technology, literature and more.
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