The Invention of the Jewish People
Bestselling new analysis of Jewish history by a leading Israeli historian.\ A historical tour de force, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a groundbreaking account of Jewish and Israeli history. Exploding the myth that there was a forced Jewish 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 this iconoclastic work,...
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Bestselling new analysis of Jewish history by a leading Israeli historian.
Introduction Burdens of Memory 11 Making Nations: Sovereignty and Equality 232 Mythistory: In the Beginning, God Created the People 643 The Invention of the Exile: Proselytism and Conversion 1294 Realms of Silence: In Search of Lost (Jewish) Time 1905 The Distinction: Identity Politics in Israel 250Acknowledgments 314Index 315
\ New York Times“Extravagantly denounced and praised.”\ \ \ \ \ Observer - Eric Hobsbawm\ “Perhaps books combining passion and erudition don't change political situations, but if they did, this one would count as a landmark.”\ \ \ Tony Judt“Anyone interested in understanding the contemporary Middle East should read this book.”\ \ \ \ \ Observer“Perhaps books combining passion and erudition don't change political situations, but if they did, this one would count as a landmark.”— Eric Hobsbawm\ \ \ \ \ Haaretz“Sand's questions about how Israel's democracy can be liberalized and stabilized are thought-provoking and deserve serious discussion.”\ \ \ \ \ Le Nouvel ObservateurThe reader will have understood the message: what this well-documented and fearless book explodes is the myth of a unique Jewish people, miraculously preserved, in contrast to all the other peoples, from external contamination … [Sand’s] conclusions, which are prudently formulated, nonetheless lead one towards a sole solution: the construction of a secular and democratic Israel.— Jacques Julliard\ \
