Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History

Title: Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History
Author: David Biale
ISBN: 0805208410
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 1986
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: New edition
Number of Pages: 256
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
C: 1698319
Section: History | Jewish | General
Publisher Description: WINNER OF THE 1987 JWB NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR HISTORY

In this radical reinterpretation of Jewish history, David Biale tackles the myth of Jewish political passivity between the fall of an independent Jewish Commonwealth in 70 C.E. and the rebirth of the state of Israel in 1948. He argues that Jews throughout history demonstrated a savvy understanding of political life; they were neither as powerless as the memory of the Holocaust years would suggest nor as powerful as the as the contemporary state of Israel would imply.