The Invention of the Land of Israel

The Invention of the Land of Israel
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Publisher : Verso Books
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9781844679461
ISBN-13 : 1844679462
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis The Invention of the Land of Israel by : Shlomo Sand

What is a homeland and when does it become a national territory? Why have so many people been willing to die for such places throughout the twentieth century? What is the essence of the Promised Land? Following the acclaimed and controversial The Invention of the Jewish People, Shlomo Sand examines the mysterious sacred land that has become the site of the longest-running national struggle of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Invention of the Land of Israel deconstructs the age-old legends surrounding the Holy Land and the prejudices that continue to suffocate it. Sand’s account dissects the concept of “historical right” and tracks the creation of the modern concept of the “Land of Israel” by nineteenth-century Evangelical Protestants and Jewish Zionists. This invention, he argues, not only facilitated the colonization of the Middle East and the establishment of the State of Israel; it is also threatening the existence of the Jewish state today.

History of the People of Israel

History of the People of Israel
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89096178827
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis History of the People of Israel by : Ernest Renan

A Biblical History of Israel

A Biblical History of Israel
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Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 0664220908
ISBN-13 : 9780664220907
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis A Biblical History of Israel by : Iain William Provan

In this much-anticipated textbook, three respected biblical scholars have written a history of ancient Israel that takes the biblical text seriously as an historical document. While also considering nonbiblical sources and being attentive to what disciplines like archaeology, anthropology, and sociology suggest about the past, the authors do so within the context and paradigm of the Old Testament canon, which is held as the primary document for reconstructing Israel's history. In Part One, the authors set the volume in context and review past and current scholarly debate about learning Israel's history, negating arguments against using the Bible as the central source. In Part Two, they seek to retell the history itself with an eye to all the factors explored in Part One.

A Young Person's History of Israel

A Young Person's History of Israel
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Publisher : Behrman House, Inc
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 0874413931
ISBN-13 : 9780874413939
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis A Young Person's History of Israel by : David Bamberger

On the history of Israel from ancient times to the 1980s.

Israel

Israel
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 9780062368768
ISBN-13 : 0062368761
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Israel by : Daniel Gordis

Winner of the Jewish Book of the Year Award The first comprehensive yet accessible history of the state of Israel from its inception to present day, from Daniel Gordis, "one of the most respected Israel analysts" (The Forward) living and writing in Jerusalem. Israel is a tiny state, and yet it has captured the world’s attention, aroused its imagination, and lately, been the object of its opprobrium. Why does such a small country speak to so many global concerns? More pressingly: Why does Israel make the decisions it does? And what lies in its future? We cannot answer these questions until we understand Israel’s people and the questions and conflicts, the hopes and desires, that have animated their conversations and actions. Though Israel’s history is rife with conflict, these conflicts do not fully communicate the spirit of Israel and its people: they give short shrift to the dream that gave birth to the state, and to the vision for the Jewish people that was at its core. Guiding us through the milestones of Israeli history, Gordis relays the drama of the Jewish people’s story and the creation of the state. Clear-eyed and erudite, he illustrates how Israel became a cultural, economic and military powerhouse—but also explains where Israel made grave mistakes and traces the long history of Israel’s deepening isolation. With Israel, public intellectual Daniel Gordis offers us a brief but thorough account of the cultural, economic, and political history of this complex nation, from its beginnings to the present. Accessible, levelheaded, and rigorous, Israel sheds light on the Israel’s past so we can understand its future. The result is a vivid portrait of a people, and a nation, reborn.

The History of Ancient Israel

The History of Ancient Israel
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Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages : 331
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ISBN-10 : 9781780222776
ISBN-13 : 1780222777
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis The History of Ancient Israel by : Michael Grant

The definitve guide to the history of ancient Israel. The History of Ancient Israel covers the epic story of Jewish civilisation from its beginnings to the destruction of Jerusalem, and the Temple in AD 70. It deals with Israel's relations with the great empires which shaped its development and with the changing internal structure of the Jewish state, drawing both on excavation and the Hebrew Bible.

Israel

Israel
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Publisher : Rosetta Books
Total Pages : 860
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ISBN-10 : 9780795337406
ISBN-13 : 079533740X
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Israel by : Martin Gilbert

“The most comprehensive account of Israeli history yet published” (Efraim Karsh, The Sunday Telegraph). Fleeing persecution in Europe, thousands of Jewish immigrants settled in Palestine after World War II. Renowned historian Martin Gilbert crafts a riveting account of Israel’s turbulent history, from the birth of the Zionist movement under Theodor Herzl to the unexpected declaration of its statehood in 1948, and through the many wars, conflicts, treaties, negotiations, and events that have shaped its past six decades—including the Six Day War, the Intifada, Suez, and the Yom Kippur War. Drawing on a wealth of first-hand source materials, eyewitness accounts, and his own personal and intimate knowledge of the country, Gilbert weaves a complex narrative that’s both gripping and informative, and probes both the ideals and realities of modern statehood. “Martin Gilbert has left us in his debt, not only for a superlative history of Israel, but also for a restatement of the classic vision of Zion, in which a Middle East without guns is not a bedtime story but an imperative long overdue. This is the vision for which Yitzhak Rabin gave his life. This book is tribute to his memory.” —Jonathan Sacks, The Times (London)

A Brief History of Israel

A Brief History of Israel
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Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9781438108261
ISBN-13 : 1438108265
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis A Brief History of Israel by : Bernard Reich

Narrates the complex tale of Israel's people and their modern state, established thousands of years after the destruction of the old one, against the backdrop of exile, anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Holocaust.

The Creation of History in Ancient Israel

The Creation of History in Ancient Israel
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 474
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ISBN-10 : 9781134649846
ISBN-13 : 1134649843
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis The Creation of History in Ancient Israel by : Marc Zvi Brettler

The Creation of History in Ancient Israel demonstrates how the historian can start to piece together the history of ancient Israel using the Hebrew Bible as a source.