Season 1
9 episodes · Oct 1, 1984
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- S1E1
A People Is Born: 3800-586 BCE
Oct 1, 198456mEpisode 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.
- S1E2
The Power of the World: 586-72 CE
Oct 8, 198456mEpisode 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.
- S1E3
The Shaping of Traditions: 30-732
Oct 15, 198455mEpisode 3 covers Jewish history during the centuries of the rise and spread of Christianity and Islam, in both the Near East and Europe.
- S1E4
The Crucible of Europe: 732-1492
Oct 22, 198457mEpisode 4 covers the Carolingian empire in the 10th century to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.
- S1E5
Search for Deliverance: 1492-1789
Oct 29, 198456mEpisode 5 covers Jewish history from the time of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain to the French Revolution in 1789.
- S1E6
Roads from the Ghetto: 1789-1925
Nov 5, 198456mEpisode 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.
- S1E7
The Golden Land: 1654-1930s
Nov 12, 198456mEpisode 7 covers the history of Jews in America from colonial times to the time of the Depression and the contributions of Jews to American society.
- S1E8
Out of the Ashes: 1919-1947
Nov 19, 198456mEpisode 8 covers the history of European Jewry after World War I up through the rise and spread of fascism, the Nazi era and World War II.
- S1E9
Into the Future: 1880-1990s
Nov 26, 198455mEpisode 9 covers the history of the Jews after World War II and the devastating effects of the Nazi Holocaust.