Anthony Julius
Abraham: The First Jew
Summary
Author Anthony Julius discusses his new biography, Abraham: The First Jew, in which he explores the story of Abraham, Judaism’s foundational figure, portrayed as two lives lived by one person, paralleling the contradictions in Judaism throughout its history. Julius explores the origins of a fundamental struggle within Judaism between scepticism and faith, critique and affirmation, thinking for oneself and thinking under the direction of another.
Abraham: The First Jew (Jewish Lives) is available on Amazon UK and Amazon US.
Anthony Julius
Anthony Julius is Deputy Chairman at law firm Mishcon de Reya and holds the Chair in Law and Arts in the Faculty of Laws, UCL. As a lawyer, he is best known for his successful defence of historian Deborah Lipstadt in the libel case brought by David Irving. As a scholar, he is the author of the widely praised Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England, amongst other books.