The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland

'Following his acclaimed and controversial 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 the region. The modern concept of the "Land of Israel" came into being in the nineteenth century, he argues. It motivated the early Zionists to colonize the Middle East and establish the State of Israel, and today it threatens Israel's political stability and continued existence.' - from back cover.

Includes an index.

Access level

Onsite

author

Shlomo SAND

publisher

Verso (London, United Kingdom)

Location code

REF.SAS16

Language

English

Keyword

geography, history, religion, politics, West Asia, Israel

Publication/Creation date

2014

No of pages

295

ISBN / ISSN

9781781680834

No of copies

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

Making Homelands: Biological Imperative or National Property?

The Homeland- A Natural Living Space?

Place of Birth or Civil Community?

Terroritorialization of the National Entity

Borders as Boundaries of Spatial Property

Mytherritory: In the Beginning, God Promised The Land

Gifted Theoligians Bestow a Land upon Themselves

From the Land of Canaan to the Land of Judea

The Land of Israel in Jewish Religious Legal Literature

'Diaspora' and Yearning for the Holy Land

Towards a Christian Zionism: And Balfour Promised The Land

Pilgrimage after the Destruction: A Jewish Ritual?

Sacred Geography and Journey in the Land of Jesus

From Puritan Reformation to Evangelicalism

Protestants and the Colonization of the Middle East

Zionism Versus Judaism: The Conquest of 'Ethinic' Space

Judaism's Response to the Invention of the Homeland

Historical Right and the Ownership of Territory

Zionist Geopolitics and the Redemption of the Land

From Internal Settlement to External Colonization

Conclusion: The Sad Tale of the Frog and the Scorpion

The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland

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