Reflection On The Gift Of The Jews By Thomas Cahill

Throughout years in history, the Jewish people were always alive and strong even though many people tried to suppress them. The Gift of the Jews, a bestselling book written by Thomas Cahill went all the way back to the origins of the Jewish people and why they are important today. The book was a delight and interesting read, from learning about Avraham and his sons to different scriptures. I grew up in a moderately Jewish household. We kept kosher, or tried to at least, have Shabbat dinner, and would go to synagogue moderately. The pre-k both my brother and I went to was a Jewish one where yearly we would return for Hebrew school until our Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. Year after year we learned about Rosh Hashanah or Purim or the creation of the world. But when I turned twelve, my appreciation for my Jewish faith faded and I no longer continued my quest for learning more about it. As a child you don’t realize the mistakes you are making. I wish I kept up with my piano and ice skating lessons, but most of all I wish I kept up with learning about my faith. As I grew older I understood why faith was an important part of people’s lives. The incentive to believe and pray to something keeps a lot of people going in life. …show more content…
Monotheism never had existed before and as far as we know all other civilizations only worshiped multiple Gods and Goddesses. The text went into length in the second novel in the development of human culture and laws starting from the origin of writing to the famously known Hammurabi’s code. Greek mythology was also very known at this time and was found that their stories were actually influenced by the Gilgamesh story. But what I enjoyed the most from this part of the novel was the explanation and story of Avraham and his wife