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Author Sand, Shlomo.

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

Publication Info. London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  320.54 SAND    DUE 01-20-24 Billed
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  320.5409 SAND    DUE 05-08-24
Description viii, 295 pages ; 24 cm
Note First published as Matai ve'ekh humtzea eretz israel?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary Evaluates the notions of a Promised Land to explain why Israel has become the site of the longest running national struggle of the twentieth century, posing a controversial argument that the concept of a "Land of Israel" facilitated colonization and is threatening the existence of the Jewish state today.
Subject Post-Zionism.
Judaism and state -- Israel.
Palestine -- In rabbinical literature.
Christian Zionism -- History.
Jews -- Israel -- Identity.
Territory, National -- Israel.
Added Title Matai ṿe-ekh humtseʼah Erets-Yiśraʼel. English
ISBN 9781844679461 hardback alkaline paper
1844679462 hardback alkaline paper
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