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The Resource The invention of the land of Israel : from Holy Land to homeland, Shlomo Sand ; translated by Geremy Forman

The invention of the land of Israel : from Holy Land to homeland, Shlomo Sand ; translated by Geremy Forman

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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
Language
  • eng
  • heb
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
viii, 295 pages
Note
Paperback edition
Contents
  • Introduction: banal murder and toponomy
  • Making homelands: biological imperative or national property
  • Mytherritory: in the beginning, God promised the land
  • Toward a Christian Zionism: and Balfour promised the land
  • Zionism versus Judaism: the conquest of "ethnic" space
  • Conclusion: the sad tale of the frog and the scorpion
  • Afterword: in memory of a village
Isbn
9781844679461
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The invention of the land of Israel : from Holy Land to homeland
Title
The invention of the land of Israel
Title remainder
from Holy Land to homeland
Statement of responsibility
Shlomo Sand ; translated by Geremy Forman
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
  • eng
  • heb
  • eng
Summary
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
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Matai ve-ekh humtseʼah Erets-Yiśraʼel
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Sand, Shlomo
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Post-Zionism
  • Judaism and state
  • Christian Zionism
  • Jews
  • Territory, National
  • Palestine
Target audience
adult
Label
The invention of the land of Israel : from Holy Land to homeland, Shlomo Sand ; translated by Geremy Forman
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Publication
Copyright
Note
Paperback edition
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: banal murder and toponomy -- Making homelands: biological imperative or national property -- Mytherritory: in the beginning, God promised the land -- Toward a Christian Zionism: and Balfour promised the land -- Zionism versus Judaism: the conquest of "ethnic" space -- Conclusion: the sad tale of the frog and the scorpion -- Afterword: in memory of a village
Control code
024060079
Dimensions
20 cm
Extent
viii, 295 pages
Isbn
9781844679461
Lccn
2014449969
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
The invention of the land of Israel : from Holy Land to homeland, Shlomo Sand ; translated by Geremy Forman
Publication
Copyright
Note
Paperback edition
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: banal murder and toponomy -- Making homelands: biological imperative or national property -- Mytherritory: in the beginning, God promised the land -- Toward a Christian Zionism: and Balfour promised the land -- Zionism versus Judaism: the conquest of "ethnic" space -- Conclusion: the sad tale of the frog and the scorpion -- Afterword: in memory of a village
Control code
024060079
Dimensions
20 cm
Extent
viii, 295 pages
Isbn
9781844679461
Lccn
2014449969
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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