THE ETRUSCANS AND THE JEWS: New Orleans Echoes, Sardinian Shadows, Roman Shame

by Peter M. Wolf


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 1/30/2025

Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 268
ISBN : 9798369434291

About the Book

THIS POWERFUL BOOK proposes never before recognized links between the culturally vibrant Etruscan people and long forgotten Jewish communities. No one has previously suggested an enduring and intimate link between these two dynamic cultures. The Etruscans and the Jews is written as an adventure story that expands our understanding of both the lost Etruscan people and the Jewish diaspora. The story travels forever west. It flows from ancient Israel to western Turkey then to Italy, Sardinia, and France. Nineteenth century immigrants from Europe carry their mixed heritage across the Atlantic to America. The discoveries woven into Wolf’s investigation may be simultaneously unsettling and thrilling to readers who will begin to wonder: Could I be part Etruscan?

 

 

In his new captivating book The Etruscans and the Jews, author Peter Wolf tells a story that is personal yet global… he brings to life millennia-old links between Jewish and Etruscan groups across an ancient sea and beyond.

Miguel G. Vilar, PhD -Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Maryland. Former Lead Scientist for Genographic Project, National Geographic Society.

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Peter Wolf is a master story-teller, and he has a rich and wonderous story to tell… It is a mind-opening and compelling tale, and a pleasure to follow Wolf on his journey of discovery.

Carol A. Mandel - Dean Emerita, New York University Division of Libraries; Distinguished Presidential Fellow, Council on Library and Information Resources.

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The odyssey takes him to Etruscan burial chambers, Sardinian ruins, the Pantheon in Rome, Spain, Alsace-Lorraine, tracing not just the shards of the Etruscan past but the twisted road of the Jewish diaspora. A fascinating story. There’s much to ponder here.

Lawrence N. Powell - Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Tulane University. Author of The Accidental City.

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In his fully engrossing exploration, Wolf offers valuable insights into the complex and interconnected nature of the ancient Mediterranean civilization inhabited by  the Etruscans and the Jews as he argues for a  deeper understanding of the factors that  likely linked these two beleaguered cultures.

Vincent T. Covello, PhD - Author, and Director, Center for Risk Communication and formerly Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences and Clinical Medicine, Columbia University.


About the Author

Peter M. Wolf is a New York Times bestselling author. His previous books and research have been honored by The National Endowment for the Arts, The Ford Foundation and The Graham Foundation. His popular memoir, My New Orleans Gone Away, reached the New York Times e-book Best Seller list. His recent biography, The Sugar King: Leon Godchaux, A New Orleans Legend, His Creole Slave, and His Jewish Roots attracted praise from distinguished historians such as Walter Isaacson, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nicholas B. Lemann .The Etruscans and the Jews, which begins in ancient Israel and ends in New Orleans, completes a multi-genre trilogy. Wolf was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Yale (BA), Tulane (MA), and New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts (PhD) where his specialty was the history of art and architecture. His research has taken him to Paris as a Fulbright scholar, to Rome several times as a visiting artist/scholar at the American Academy in Rome and to Sardinia. In New Orleans Wolf serves on the advisory board of the Tulane University School of Architecture, and as a trustee of the Louisiana Landmarks Society. In East Hampton he is a trustee of Guild Hall and the Village Preservation Society. The discoveries summarized in The Etruscans and the Jews reflect ten years of international travel together with extensive documentary research and interviews with world renowned geneticists, historians, archaeologists and archivists.