The Jewish Journey: 4000 Years in 22 Objects from the Ashmolean Museum
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (866 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1910807036 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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She has recently been appointed a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow. About the Author Rebecca Abrams is an award-winning author and journalist. A graduate of Newnham College, Cambridge, she is a longstanding tutor in Creative Writing at the University of Oxford, before which she was an Honorary Teaching Fellow on the Warwick University Writing Programme and Gladstone's Library Writer-in-Residence during 2014. . She is the recipient of an Amnesty International Press Award and a regular speaker at the Oxford Literary Festival and Jewish Book Week. Her most
The Jewish Journey brings to light for the first time the amazing Jewish treasures in the great institution, explaining their specific Jewish significance in a direct, accessible style for the general reader.. Together they bring to life the experiences of the real men and women who owned, made and used them, from kings, courtiers and scholars to guerrilla fighters, musicians and market stall holders. Through the histories of each of the objects, the reader is guided on a double journey, one leading through the galleries of the Ashmolean Museum, the other accompanying the Jewish people across the centuries. A short, accessible, affordable and illustrated history of the Jewish people, aimed at the general publicMany of the stories behind these objects have not been told before, and are unknown to all but scholarly expertsAll the objects can be seen for real in the Ashmolean MuseumIncludes a foreword by historian Simon SchamaThe 22 objects here include pottery, coins, jewelry, household artifacts, sacred items, musical instruments and paintings. Individually and collectively, the objects vividly document dark periods of persecution and forced migration, whilst highlighting the astonishing resilience and diversity of Jewish life, revealing centuries of two-way interaction with other cultures and religions
Her most recent book, Touching Distance, won the MJA Open Book Award and was shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize for Literature. Rebecca Abrams is an award-winning author and journalist. A graduate of Newnham College, Cambridge, she is a longstanding tutor in Creative Writing at the University of Oxford, before which she was an Honorary Teaching Fellow on the War