| The Invention of Ancient Israel: The Silencing of Palestinian History Revised Edition Contributor(s): Whitelam, Keith W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415107598 ISBN-13: 9780415107594 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1997 Annotation: A controversial and provocative work, "The Invention of Ancient Israel" chronicles how the true history of ancient Palestine has been obscured. Keith W. Whitelam reveals how ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state; one that resembles the state of Israel created in 1948. This book explores the prospects for developing the study of Palestinian history as a subject in its own right, divorced from the history of the Bible, and argues that Biblical scholars, through their traditional view of this area, have contributed to dispossession both of a Palestinian land and a Palestinian past. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 956.94 |
| LCCN: 95014120 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.76 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Invention of Ancient Israel shows how the history of ancient Palestine has been obscured by the search for Israel. Keith W. Whitelam argues that ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state. He explores the theological and political assumptions which have shaped research into ancient Israel by Biblical scholars, and contributed to the vast network of scholarship which Said identified as 'Orientalist discourse'. Keith W. Whitelam's groundbreaking study argues that Biblical scholars, through their traditional view of this region, have contributed to dispossession of both a Palestinian land and a Palestinian past. This is important reading for historians, biblical specialists, social anthropologists and all those who are interested in the history of ancient Israel and Palestine. |
