The Invention of Ancient Israel: The Silencing of Palestinian History - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780415107594

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by Keith W. Whitelam (Author)

Argues that ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state, influenced by the Israeli state created in 1948; Biblical scholars have contibuted to dispossessing the Palestinians of their land and their past.

Author Biography

Keith W. Whitelam is Professor of Religious Studies and Head of Department at the University of Stirling. He is the co-author of The Emergence of Early Israel in Historical Perspective (1987), and has produced a series of articles on ancient Israelite and Palestinian history.

Number of Pages: 296

Dimensions: 0.62 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN

Publication Date: April 24, 1997

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