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Jews, God and History is a comprehensive account of the 4000-year history of the Jewish people, the origin of their faith and their journey from ancient Palestine to all corners of the world till the making of modern Israel. Max Dimont intertwines their history with that of the civilizations of the time, the Egyptians, Assyrians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Barbarians, Arabs, to the middle ages and the modern world to tell the story of how a people survived the rise and fall of so many empires. From Abraham and the birth of the Jewish faith in Canaan -- present day Palestine -- a place that the Jews called their promised land, Dimont traces their wanderings in and out of this land till the nation of Israel was born in 1948.

"Unquestionably the best popular history of the Jews written in the English language"

- Los Angeles Times

"A book of life and hope. There are few greater documents to the vitality and perseverance of Man than this history of the Jews."

- St. Louis Post Dispatch

"By far the liveliest popular history of the Jewish people that I have ever read. In many ways a strikingly original synthesis of Jewish history."

- Richard B. Morris

Max I. Dimont

Max I. Dimont (born Max Isaac Dimont) (August 12, 1912–March 1992) was a Finnish American historian and author.

Born to a Jewish family in Helsinki, Finland, Dimont came to the United States in August 1929 with his mother and siblings - on the steerage passenger list of their ship, SS Berengaria, his place of birth is listed as Kovno, Lithuania; on arrival, he was sent to the Ellis Island hospital after being certified as suffering from "goiter simple;" he was discharged on August 10 and the family set out for Cleveland. He taught himself the English language by reading Shakespeare, the Bible, and American plays. After serving with U.S. Army intelligence in World War II, he worked in public relations and human resources for Edison Brothers Stores in St. Louis, Missouri.

In 1962, he published Jews, God and History, which received critical acclaim and has sold over a million and a half copies and which the Los Angeles Times praised as "unquestionably the best popular history of the Jews written in the English language." After its publication, he traveled and lectured extensively on Jewish history throughout the United States, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and Finland. Other works include The Indestructible Jews, The Jews in America, and Appointment in Jerusalem.

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