Heritage: Civilization and the Jews(1984)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1984-10-01
Average Runtime: 56m
Rating: 10.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 9
Acclaimed PBS series that recounts the history of the Jewish people from its origins to the current day. The series was written and narrated by the late Abba Eban, an Israeli historian and statesman.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 9E01
A People Is Born: 3800-586 BCE
Air Date: 1984-10-01
Episode 1 covers the period of the Bible, the life and culture in the ancient Near East and how it was a factor in th...
E02
The Power of the World: 586-72 CE
Air Date: 1984-10-08
Episode 2 covers destruction of Babylonia by the Persians to the time of the Roman Empire, including the Hellenistic ...
E03
The Shaping of Traditions: 30-732
Air Date: 1984-10-15
Episode 3 covers Jewish history during the centuries of the rise and spread of Christianity and Islam, in both the Ne...
E04
The Crucible of Europe: 732-1492
Air Date: 1984-10-22
Episode 4 covers the Carolingian empire in the 10th century to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.
E05
Search for Deliverance: 1492-1789
Air Date: 1984-10-29
Episode 5 covers Jewish history from the time of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain to the French Revolution in 1789.
E06
Roads from the Ghetto: 1789-1925
Air Date: 1984-11-05
Episode 6 covers 19th century Europe, the time of nationalism, industrialism, romanticism, and socialism, and of mass...
E07
The Golden Land: 1654-1930s
Air Date: 1984-11-12
Episode 7 covers the history of Jews in America from colonial times to the time of the Depression and the contributio...
E08
Out of the Ashes: 1919-1947
Air Date: 1984-11-19
Episode 8 covers the history of European Jewry after World War I up through the rise and spread of fascism, the Nazi ...
E09
Into the Future: 1880-1990s
Air Date: 1984-11-26
Episode 9 covers the history of the Jews after World War II and the devastating effects of the Nazi Holocaust.
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