The Invention of Ancient Israel

Zusatztext 'Keith Whitlam's work serves to remind us what a vital if fraught exercise it still is to engage explicitly with the unique cultural influence of the Old Testament on the contemporary world.' - The Friend'This is a brave! fascinating and important book ... constantly thought provoking and controversial.' - Sunday Times'Whitelam can (and will) be criticized for introducing politics into "ancient Israel"! he is merely exposing it - and the Palestinians are after all the major victims of a zionizing European and American biblical scholarship. This book should be in paperback! and compulsory reading.' - Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Informationen zum Autor Keith W. Whitelam is a Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Stirling. He is the co-author of The Emergence of Early Israel in Historical Perspective (1987), and has produced a series of articles on ancient Israelite and Palestinian history. Klappentext Shows how ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state, influenced by the Israeli state created in 1948; Biblical scholars have contibuted to dispossessing the Palestinians of their land and their past. Zusammenfassung Shows how ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state, influenced by the Israeli state created in 1948; Biblical scholars have contibuted to dispossessing the Palestinians of their land and their past. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 Partial Texts and Fractured Histories; Chapter 2 Denying Space and Time to Palestinian History; Chapter 3 Inventing Ancient Israel; Chapter 4 The Creation of an Israelite State; Chapter 5 The Continuing Search; Chapter 6 Reclaiming Palestinian History;

Autorentext
Keith W. Whitelam is a Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Stirling. He is the co-author of The Emergence of Early Israel in Historical Perspective (1987), and has produced a series of articles on ancient Israelite and Palestinian history.

Klappentext
Shows how ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state, influenced by the Israeli state created in 1948; Biblical scholars have contibuted to dispossessing the Palestinians of their land and their past.

Inhalt
Introduction; Chapter 1 Partial Texts and Fractured Histories; Chapter 2 Denying Space and Time to Palestinian History; Chapter 3 Inventing Ancient Israel; Chapter 4 The Creation of an Israelite State; Chapter 5 The Continuing Search; Chapter 6 Reclaiming Palestinian History;

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