The deeply personal reflections of a giant of Jewish history.
Scholar Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi (1932ldash;2009) possessed a stunning range of erudition in all eras of Jewish history, as well as in world history, classical literature, and European culture. What Yerushalmi also brought to his craft was a brilliant literary style, honed by his own voracious reading from early youth and his formative undergraduate studies. This series of interviews paints a revealing portrait of this giant of history, bringing together exceptional material on Yerushalminsquo;s personal and intellectual journeys that not only attests to the astonishing breakthrough of the issues of Jewish history into ,dquo;general history,ydquo; but also offers profound insight into being Jewish in today's world.
