A History of the Jews

By: Paul Johnson

Narrated by: Nadia May

This historical magnum opus covers 4,000 years of the extraordinary history of the Jews as a people, a culture, and a nation. It shows the impact of Jewish character on the world - their genius, imagination, and, most of all, their ability to persevere despite severe persecutions. Compelling insights into events and individuals are chronologically detailed, from Moses and Jesus to Spinoza, Marx, Freud, the Rothschilds, and Golda Meir.©1987 Paul Johnson (P)1989 Blackstone Audio, inc.

Critic reviews

"It's no mean feat to successfully compress 4,000 years of history into 645 pages, but Johnson has more than met the challenge....an excellent, nonscholarly history for general readers." ( Library Journal)
"A tour de force....A remarkable achievement." ( The New York Times Book Review)
"A marvelous book....This is history: richly textured, provocative and wise." ( The Plain Dealer)

A great book ruined by a screeching narrator

Out of many audiobooks I’ve listened to, this is the first one that’s simply painfully unbearable because of the narrator whose voice tone is equivalent to a screeching cat simultaneously clawing at a chalkboard.

Great Listen

This book is very informative. I didn’t like the Christian point of view with BC and AD. They must have gotten a new narrator. The reviews by other listeners say there was a Nadia May, but mine says the narrator was Wanda Mccaddon. She did a great job.

Returned because of poor narration

The narrator's voice was mono-tonal, and she managed to mispronounce just about every Hebrew related word. If you're hired to narrate History of the Jews, is it too much to expect the narrator to correctly pronounce the greatest Jewish philosopher? I returned it and purchased the Kindle version instead. I'll use one of those robotic readers to listen to it. Probably get better hit rate on pronunciation.

Very interesting

What did you like best about this story?

The history was very detailed and started much further back than I expected. Very well researched and written.

Johnson is almost persuaded by history that

God exists, but he still denies Him!!! How sad. Read the book of Romans and you will understand more about why.