Max I.Dimont was born in Helsinki, Finland, in 1912 and immigrated to the United States in 1930. He learned English through reading Shakespeare's plays, the Bible, and Finnish translations of American plays. He worked in public relations and employee relations at Edison Brothers Stores in St. Louis after serving in the US Army as an intelligence officer during WWII. Louis taught widely on Jewish history throughout the United States, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and Finland until his death in 1992, following the initial publication of the popular Jews, God, and History.