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The Story of the Jews is a television series, in five parts, presented by historian Simon Schama and broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two in September 2013.[1]
It is based on Schama's book of the same title,[2] which is in two volumes. The first volume[3] was published in September 2013.[4]
Reception
In a review for The Daily Telegraph, Neil Midgley described the first episode as a "resounding success", saying: "Schama told the story efficiently and evocatively – and deftly picked out stories that would illustrate his overarching thesis about how Judaism managed to survive...In Schama’s view, to be a Jew is to be verbal...By the end of this first episode, Schama had given the title of his programme an intriguing double meaning. Over its four remaining parts, The Story of the Jews promises to be not only a chronological history, but also a common narrative of what unifies and fortifies Jewish people".[5]
For The Guardian, Arifa Akbar said: "Simon Schama’s story was as much an investigation into identity as it was the beginning of a difficult history".[6]
References
- ^ "The Story of the Jews". Programme information. BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Simon Schama Jewish history book up for literary prize". BBC News. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Simon Schama: The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000BCE – 1492CE (2013), Bodley Head, ISBN 978-1847921321
- ^ Jenni Frazer (28 August 2013). "Making a history of UK Jews for the BBC was so daunting, reveals Simon Schama". The Jewish Chronicle. London. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "The Story of the Jews, BBC Two, review". the Daily Telegraph. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Arifa Akbar (1 September 2013). "The Weekend's Viewing: Simon Schama's story was as much an investigation into identity as it was the beginning of a difficult history". The Independent. London. Retrieved 23 September 2013.