Heritage: Civilization and the Jews by Eban, Abba Solomon - 1984

Summit Books, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. From the book, ""With the characteristic eloquence that has made him an international spokesman for his country and his people, Mr. Eban charts the 5,000 year-old Jewish encounter with civilization, from its birth in the Mesopotamian desert to the rebirth of independence in the modern State of Israel. With paintings, statues, sculpture, drawings, and decorative arts, drawn from the collections of the finest museums in the world, Heritage throws new light on the mystery of how so small a people--there are only 14 million Jews in the world today--could have had such a profound impact on all aspects of civilization--religion, philosophy, law, drama, science, art, political systems, ethics--and yet manage to preserve its own identity in dispersion and exile without a territorial base or political institution, conditions under which no other people has survived."" Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Book contains beautiful black & white and colored photographs throughout. Dust jacket in good condition, has a hole at the bottom of front and some rubbing at edges. First Edition per number line.