Johnson argues that the Jews survived because they were "the people of the book." When they lost their land, they carried their nationhood within their laws and literature.
The era of the Talmud and the leadership of the rabbis. A History of the Jews
Foundations, the Exodus, and the establishment of the kingdom. Johnson argues that the Jews survived because they
Unlike a dry textbook, it reads like a biography of a people. It is fast-paced but dense with names and dates. 4. Why Read It? A History of the Jews