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The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland
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The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland Hardcover - 2012 - 1st Edition

by Shlomo Sand; Geremy Forman (Translator)

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Shlomo Sand studied history at the University of Tel Aviv and at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, in Paris. He currently teaches contemporary history at the University of Tel Aviv. His books include The Invention of the Jewish People, On the Nation and the Jewish People, LIllusion du politique: Georges Sorel et le débat intellectuel 1900, Georges Sorel en son temps, Le XXe siècle à lécran and Les Mots et la terre: les intellectuels en Israël.

Geremy Forman teaches in the Department for Land of Israel Studies at the University of Haifa. He has most recently contributed to the collection Reapproaching Borders: New Perspectives on the Study of Israel–Palestine.

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  • Title The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland
  • Author Shlomo Sand; Geremy Forman (Translator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Verso, U.S.A.
  • Date 2012-11-20
  • ISBN 9781844679461 / 1844679462
  • Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.46 x 6.31 x 1.09 in (24.03 x 16.03 x 2.77 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Christian Zionism - History, Jews - Israel - Identity
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012031367
  • Dewey Decimal Code 320.540

Media reviews

“Anyone interested in understanding the contemporary Middle East should read this book.”—Tony Judt, In praise of The Invention of the Jewish People

“Perhaps books combining passion and erudition don’t change political situations, but if they did, this one would count as a landmark.”—Eric Hobsbawm, In praise of The Invention of the Jewish People

“A thought-provoking, readable, and important work.”—Publisher's Weekly

“... there is much to enjoy and learn in the evidence in the potentially incendiary material [Shlomo Sand] assembles here.”—Electronic Intifada

“[Sand] critically consider the ways in which the Zionist colonization of Palestine and the establishment of the State of Israel have been justified by claims of ancestral lands, historical rights, and millennia-old national yearnings, all of which he proceeds to critically undermine as either justifiable reasons for mastery over the land of Palestine/Israel or even representative of longstanding mass Jewish aspirations.”—Book News

“This groundbreaking new historical work from a highly controversial author undoes the myth of the Jewish people’s historical right to the ‘Land of Israel.’”—SirReadaLot.org

About the author

Shlomo Sand studied history at the University of Tel Aviv and at the cole des hautes tudes en sciences sociales, in Paris. He currently teaches contemporary history at the University of Tel Aviv. His books include The Invention of the Jewish People, On the Nation and the Jewish People, L'Illusion du politique: Georges Sorel et le dbat intellectuel 1900, Georges Sorel en son temps, Le XXe sicle l'cran and Les Mots et la terre: les intellectuels en Isral.

Geremy Forman teaches in the Department for Land of Israel Studies at the University of Haifa. He has most recently contributed to the collection Reapproaching Borders: New Perspectives on the Study of Israel-Palestine.

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