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The brief legal emancipation of Jews during the Napoleonic wars released unparalleled economic, professional, and cultural energies. It was though a high dam had suddenly been breached.

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They are mostly Americans and almost all are Protestant. Many have a strong grounding in the Bible. In Jerusalem, they suddenly take off their clothes or shout prophecies on street corners, only to revert to normal after a few days' treatment.

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Hindsight is not necessarily the best guide to understanding what really happened. The past is often as distorted by hindsight as it is clarified by it.

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In Jerusalem, the various modes of worship essentially stood for the same cause but were equally hateful to one another. They never served as a unifying factor. Their adherents were equally manipulated by the clergies to regard the others as wicked infidels or idolaters. The centuries passed in constant pious agitation and in frequent religious wars.

Amos Elon

Amos Elon

Amos Elon

Born: July 4, 1926

Died: May 25, 2009 (aged 82)

Bio: Amos Elon was an Israeli journalist and author. Married to Beth Elon and father of filmmaker Danae Elon.

Known for:

The Israelis (1971)
A Blood-Dimmed Tide (1997)
Holy Land from the air (1987)

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