LoginThe Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland
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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 “historic
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Manufacturer: Verso
Release date: 20 November 2012
ISBN-10 : 1844679462 | ISBN-13: 9781844679461
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Release date: 20 November 2012
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