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Episode 156 min1984-10-01

A People Is Born: 3800-586 BCE

Episode 1 covers the period of the Bible, the life and culture in the ancient Near East and how it was a factor in the idea of monotheism, up to the period of the Babylonian exile.

Episode 256 min1984-10-08

The Power of the World: 586-72 CE

Episode 2 covers destruction of Babylonia by the Persians to the time of the Roman Empire, including the Hellenistic period, the rise of the Hasmonean state, and the destruction of Judea and the second temple.

Episode 355 min1984-10-15

The Shaping of Traditions: 30-732

Episode 3 covers Jewish history during the centuries of the rise and spread of Christianity and Islam, in both the Near East and Europe.

Episode 457 min1984-10-22

The Crucible of Europe: 732-1492

Episode 4 covers the Carolingian empire in the 10th century to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.

Episode 556 min1984-10-29

Search for Deliverance: 1492-1789

Episode 5 covers Jewish history from the time of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain to the French Revolution in 1789.

Episode 656 min1984-11-05

Roads from the Ghetto: 1789-1925

Episode 6 covers 19th century Europe, the time of nationalism, industrialism, romanticism, and socialism, and of massive Jewish emigration from Europe and the growth of Zionism.

Episode 756 min1984-11-12