| A History Of Israel And The Holy Land | 
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Category: Book
Publisher: Continum
Studio: Continum
Manufacturer: Continum
Label: Continum
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Trade Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 375
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0826485723
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.94
EAN: 9780826485724
ASIN: 0826485723
Publication Date: July 2005
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This completely revised and expanded edition of the indispensable History of the Holy Land, written by leading authorities, now takes the story into the 21st century with a new and comprehensive survey of the State of Israel from its establishment to the present day. The political, economic and social developments are fully reviewed and the history of war and the peace process is summarised. In its entirety the story told here spans all of recorded history. It is a story of momentous events and mighty nations, of the birth of great religions and of foreign conquests, of longing and renewal. The scholars who have produced this work have woven an engrossing, continuous narrative out of the historical materials, presenting a rich array of peoples and cultures, from the ancient Hebrews and their neighbours down to the time of Jesus and the Roman wars and then on through the Arab and Crusader conquests, the Mameluk domination, the long period of Turkish rule, British Mandate, and the rebirth of Israel. An integral part of the story is the magnificent selection of photographs illustrating the land, its sites, its ruins, and its treasures.
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An amazing magic trick January 18, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is pretty much an official Zionist version of the history of the area as one will find. It has a forward by one of the high ranking members of the zionist brigrade - Shimon Peres.
Several things surprised me about the book :
1) How much of the history of this land seems to be taken from the Old Testament! Where is the verification of any of these supposed facts? What about critical analysis of the Old Testament? Perhaps the authors had axes to grind. This leads onto point 2)
2) How little verifiable data there is on the land from these times. Despite this one still can realise point 3)
3) The mulitcultural nature of the Holy Land throughout time.
The book also seems to imply that in the Roman era the Jews were only thrown out of Jerusalem and not the entire Holy Land. Before reading the book, I had had the impression that the Jews had been the only people, almost without exclusion, living in the Holy Land from antiquity to year O. How wrong I was!
Of note for Muslims are the evidences given that early in the Islamic era Muslims would make an annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem, which is interesting given the discussion over Bekka (Mecca is not mentioned as the place of pilgrimage in the Quran, Bekka is)
The book does an amazing magic trick at the end where it makes the Arabs disappear and replaces them with 'Israelis'. This leads to the happy ending where everyone lives happily ever after.
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