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Heritage: Civilization and the Jews--Disk One*

• 1998 ----- color ----- 177 min ----- dvd
• (Heritage: Civilization and the Jews [DVD] series, Part 1) Disk One includes parts one through three of the series:
• Episode One--People Is Born, A: Profiles the life and culture of the ancient Near East--Egypt, Canaan and Mesopotamia--and recalls the Exodus as a crucial event in Israel's self-conception and as a metaphor for all human freedom. Recounts the history of the Israelite people in the Biblical period, their transformation from a loose confederation of tribes into a united nation. Examines the birth of monotheism and its growth into the dynamic national religion and concludes with the exile of the people to Babylonia.
• Episode Two--Power of the Word, The: Chronicles the emergence of a Jewish identity based on ideas, not territory; the intellectual interaction between the Jewish world and classical Greece and Rome. Witnesses the spread of Jewish ideas to the Hellenistic world of the Eastern Mediterranean and discusses the complex political tensions that led to the destruction of Judea by Rome in the first century of the common era.
• Episode Three--Shaping of Traditions, The: Describes the rise of the Christian and Islamic movements and traces the development of new trends within the Jewish world--the writing of the Talmud and the preservation of Jewish traditions and customs throughout the scattered communities of the diaspora. Ends as the Jewish world begins to shift from its historical center in the Near East to the continent of Europe. (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)
• Topics: (History, History: Middle Eastern, Jewish Studies, Religions)

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