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Imprint:	[Chicago?] : Home Vision Entertainment, c2001.
Description:	3 DVDs (540 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Jews -- History. Judaism -- History. Civilization -- Jewish influences. Documentary television programs. Civilization -- Jewish influences. Documentary television programs. Jews. Judaism. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. History.
Format:	DVD Video Laserdisc
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8004387

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Varying Form of Title:	Civilization and the Jews
Other authors / contributors:	Eban, Abba Solomon, 1915-2002 Fox, John G. Marner, Eugene. Sharnik, John. Siegel, Marc. Lord, John. Krainin, Julian. Joseloff, Michael. Silverstein, Morton. Montfrey, Marc. Rosenthal, Alan. Winston, Brian. Jackson, Aleck. Marts, Steve. Burns, Ken, 1953- Duffy, John, 1928- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN:	0780024443 (box) 9780780024441 (box) 0780024753 (v. 1) 9780780024755 (v. 1) 0780024761 (v. 2) 9780780024762 (v. 2)
Notes:	Originally produced in 1984 for television broadcast, episode 9 revised 1998. Special features: DVDs include supplemental maps and excerpts from the Encyclopedia Judaica; DVD-ROM features: over 650 translated and annotated historical documents, 541 map views with over 2250 explanatory essays, over 3600 encyclopedia articles, over 100 interactive multimedia presentations containing over 800 historical images. Photography, Avraham Karpick ... [et al.] (episodes 1, 2), Julian Krainin and Steve Marts (episode 3), Steve Marts ... [et al.] (episode 4), Mark Benjamin ... [et al.] (episode 5), Avraham Karpick and Lloyd Friedus (episode 6), Ken Burns ... [et al.] (episode 7), Avraham Karpick (episode 8), Eytan Harris ... [et al.] (episode 9) ; editor, Milton Moses Ginsberg (episode 1), Len Harris (episode 2), Sharon Kaufman (episodes 3, 4), Kenneth E. Werner (episode 5), Nina Schulman (episode 6), Arthur Ginsberg and Sharon Kaufman (episode 7), Laurence Solomon (episodes 8, 9), Susan Fanshel (episode 9 revision) ; music, John Duffy. With Abba Eban. System requirements for DVD-ROM: Windows PC, DVD-ROM drive, 200 mhz Windows-compatible processor (300 mhz recommended), 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended), 50 MB free local hard drive space (275 MB recommended), 16-bit sound and video (accelerated video card recommended).
Summary:	Three millennia of Jewish history is brought to life in a celebration of Jewish humanistic and moral heritage. Follow the Jewish people from the heights of Sinai to the shores of the Dead Sea, from a Greek amphitheater in Delphi to the Forum of ancient Rome, out of the ashes of concentration camps to the rebuilt cities and villages of Israel--Container.
Awards:	Peabody Award.
Standard no.:	037429160329
Publisher's no.:	HER090 (HER160, HER190) Home Vision Entertainment