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Nothing Like It in 3,000 Years of Jewish Literature
The second Hebrew novelist was the first to imagine the pageantry and passion of life in ancient Israel—and thereby excited the dreams of emergent Zionists.

A tree at Masada. Karen Chan/Flickr.
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