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The Gifts of The Jews by Thomas Cahill

The Gifts of The Jews

How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels

by Thomas Cahill
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  • Mar 1, 1998, 291 pages
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  • Sep 1999, 255 pages
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