332 pages
English language
Published Feb. 3, 2009 by Verso.
The Invention of the Jewish people
by Shlomo Sand
5 stars
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A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, offers a new account of both that demands to be read and reckoned with. Was there really a forced exile in the first century, at the hands of the Romans? Should we regard the Jewish people, throughout two millennia, as both a distinct ethnic group and a putative nation—returned at last to its Biblical homeland?
Subjects
- Jews -- Identity -- History
- Jews -- Identity -- Historiography
- Nation-building -- Israel
- Judaism -- History
- Jewish diaspora -- History
- Jews -- History