Simon Levis Sullam

The Last Historian in Galilee

“M. M. Silver is ‘the last historian in Galilee,’ and from there he offers us an intriguing perspective on the relations and contrasts between the Jewish and Christian religions, which have contributed to shaping the views and challenges of our times. Silver shows how our perceptions of money, truth, and power were formed in ancient times and reinterpreted more recently. Through a historical approach, he interrogates and questions central aspects of the present war in the Middle East and of the ongoing crisis of democracy in the United States and Europe.”