The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BC - 1492 AD (Story of the Jews, 1)In this magnificently illustrated cultural historythe tie in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the JewsSimon Schama details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World in 1492 to the modern day. It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life