Description

"The Sacred Chain" is the most readable, comprehensive, and up-to-date history of the Jews in the English language. Norman Cantor's extraordinary book focuses on the creation and perpetuation of a unique Jewish identity and consciousness through three thousand years of tumultuous, often catastrophic, change. It is the book's contention that the Jewish people are a distinct ethnic group who emerged from the ancient world and, through their encounters with other societies, developed a unique and persistent culture, behaviour pattern, and outlook. Norman Cantor convincingly demonstrates that this distinctive Jewish sensibility is apparent among all Jews, even those assimilated into other cultures and converted to other religions.