A must-read book for renewed thinking about Israel by the eminent Anglican theologian and historian. The book gives an easy-to-read history of the Jewish people and their relationship to the State of Israel. Parkes sets the foundation of Israel into the sweep of Jewish history. Edited with introductions by Eugene Korn and Roberta Kalechofsky. This edition includes outstanding articles by prominent theologians and historians: Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford; John Pawlikowski, Malcolm Lowe, Petra Heldt, Robert A. Everett, Reinhold Niebuhr, Rose G. Lewis, A. Roy Eckardt.