Jewish Kings: Heroes and Losers
One strand in the intricately woven tapestry of Jewish history that seems little mentioned today is the thread that runs through the centuries during which Jews had their own monarch. Yet if such a tapestry were to be woven according to the duration of historical periods, the monarchical thread would be among the most visible, lasting as it did for approximately a thousand years. The upheavals and catastrophes of subsequent Jewish history have obscured our view of this era, which is brought into focus in Kings of the Jews: The Origins of the Jewish Nation, by Norman Gelb.
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Robin Roger is the associate editor of The Literary Review of Canada, managing editor of Ars Medica: A Journal of Medicine, the Arts and Humanities and a psychotherapist in private practice in Toronto, Canada.
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