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The Chosen People, John Allegro’s attempt to uncover the historical sources for the world’s enduring anti-Semitism, bears the marks of his wish to appeal to two disparate readerships. Allegro’s fluent command of the relevant primary literature is more than sufficient reason for his arguments to be taken seriously. He knows whereof he speaks. He spins the details, however, into a story more akin to a gripping potboiler of palace intrigue and political machination than to a dry recitation of long-forgotten events. Relying upon in-text citations, Allegro was scolded by reviewers for eschewing the fully footnoted scholarly apparatus usually found in such serious works. Yet it is arguably these concessions to the nonspecialist that make the text so compelling and ultimately more effective at conveying the author’s broader lessons.
Publication Date
2015
Book Title
The Chosen People: A Study of Jewish History from the Time of the Exile until the Revolt of Bar Kocheba
Book Author/Editor
John M. Allegro
Publisher
Rousseau, Etc. [Kindle Only]
Disciplines
Jewish Studies | Social and Cultural Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Donovan, James M., "Introduction" (2015). Law Faculty Books and Chapters. 47.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/lawfac_book/47
Notes
Published for Kindle only