Verslag van de zoektocht van de auteur naar sporen van zijn mysterieuze grootvader Heshel Melamed, rabbijn in een Litouws dorp.

What kind of a God singles out a particular people for special favours and punishments? What does being chosen by God mean to both parties? What are the opportunities and temptations of such a relationship? Writing from a secular point of view, Jacobson offers a profound and serious meditation that sheds a new light on biblical scholarship and orthodox theology. On first publication, The Story of the Stories was at once perceived to be a seminal work.

This travel book combines autobiography, travel, history, politics and philosophy. The Great North Road skirts the northwest border of South Africa, running through Northern Cape Province, Boputhatswana, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia. This book follows the author on a journey that passes the length of this historically and symbolically important route, exploring its history and development.