Again a book picked just out of curiosity. When I started with this book I was not really award about the content. I was expecting it to be a book about the history of some lost civilisation.
However, that is not the case. The book is about a theory which says that the Ashkenazi Jews were not a part of historical Jewish lineage but a different civilisation (or state/nation) altogether which eventually accepted Judaism.
The book is full of quotation and references for reaching to a particular conclusion. But somehow the writer was already under the influence of the conclusion, and the whole book was reverse engineered to fit the things.
I'm not an expert in such matters so I'll not talk about how correct the references are or even the conclusion is correct or not.
But from a reader point of view I can say that the whole narrative is not very much structured. A lot of things popped up in between without any previous reference.
Overall, the book was not really that great, and you can give it a pass until you're very much interested in exploring various theories around different religions, and civilisations.
However, that is not the case. The book is about a theory which says that the Ashkenazi Jews were not a part of historical Jewish lineage but a different civilisation (or state/nation) altogether which eventually accepted Judaism.
The book is full of quotation and references for reaching to a particular conclusion. But somehow the writer was already under the influence of the conclusion, and the whole book was reverse engineered to fit the things.
I'm not an expert in such matters so I'll not talk about how correct the references are or even the conclusion is correct or not.
But from a reader point of view I can say that the whole narrative is not very much structured. A lot of things popped up in between without any previous reference.
Overall, the book was not really that great, and you can give it a pass until you're very much interested in exploring various theories around different religions, and civilisations.
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