Description: This book studies the unique concept of Jewish peoplehood and its survival over the centuries in the face of many challenges.
Brief description: Nicholas de Lange is Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. A distinguished scholar and translator, he is author of The Penguin Dictionary of Judaism (2008), Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide (2005) edited with Miri Freud-Kandel, and of an edited translation of Colette Sirat's Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle Ages (2002, 2008).
Review Quotes: '... this book is invaluable.' The Times Literary Supplement