The invention of the Jewish people / Shlomo Sand ; translated by Yael Lotan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2020Edition: English editionDescription: xix, 344 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Uniform titles:
  • Matai ṿe-ekh humtsa ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi? English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 956.94
LOC classification:
  • 416 DS 143 S213i 2020
Contents:
Introduction: Burdens of Memory -- 1. Making Nations: Sovereignty and Equality -- 2. Mythistory: In the Beginning, God Created the People -- 3. The Invention of the Exile: Proselytism and Conversion -- 4. Realms of Silence: In Search of Lost (Jewish) Time -- 5. The Distinction: Identity Politics in Israel.
Summary: "Exploding the myth that there was a forced Jeweish exile in the first century at the hands of the Romans, Israeli historian Shlomo Sand argues that most modern Jews descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In the process, Sand dismantles the founding myth of the Jewish homeland, This new edition, ten years after the book's first publication in English, includes a new introduction that revisits the controversy the book continues to ignite."--From back cover.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 416 DS 143 S213i 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000170070

Contains new preface.

Originally published: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Burdens of Memory -- 1. Making Nations: Sovereignty and Equality -- 2. Mythistory: In the Beginning, God Created the People -- 3. The Invention of the Exile: Proselytism and Conversion -- 4. Realms of Silence: In Search of Lost (Jewish) Time -- 5. The Distinction: Identity Politics in Israel.

"Exploding the myth that there was a forced Jeweish exile in the first century at the hands of the Romans, Israeli historian Shlomo Sand argues that most modern Jews descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In the process, Sand dismantles the founding myth of the Jewish homeland, This new edition, ten years after the book's first publication in English, includes a new introduction that revisits the controversy the book continues to ignite."--From back cover.

Translated from the Hebrew.

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