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The politics of Israel's past : the Bible, archaeology and nation-building / edited by Emanuel Pfoh and Keith W. Whitelam.

Contributor(s): Pfoh, Emanuel | Whitelam, Keith W
Material type: TextTextSeries: Social world of biblical antiquity series: 2nd ser., 8.Publisher: Sheffield : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2013Description: xviii, 249 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1907534822; 9781907534829Subject(s): Bible and politics | Israel -- Antiquities | Nation-building -- IsraelBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-241) and indexes.
Contents:
Some reflections on the politics of ancient history, archaeological practice and nation-building in Israel/Palestine / Emanuel Pfoh -- Tribes, genealogies and the composition of the Hebrew Bible / Ingrid Hjelm -- In search of platonic Israel / Philippe Wajdenbaum -- What we do and do not know about pre-Hellenistic al-quds / Thomas L. Thompson -- The faithful remnant and the invention of religio-ethnic identity / Firas Sawah -- The faithful remnant and religious identity: the literary trope of return--A reply to Firas Sawah / Thomas L. Thompson -- Christian origins, 'the land' and the ideological scholarly apparatuses / James G. Crossley -- History as an argument for land possession / Niels Peter Lemche -- Israeli archaeology in the old city of Jerusalem / Gideon Sulimany -- Archaeology in Israel, 1948-1973: selected documents / Raz Kletter -- Israel and Palestine: a critique of how to create and anchor a nation-state archaeologically / Terje Oestigaard -- Biology as history / Nadia Abu El-Haj -- Shaping the history of Palestine: nationalism and exclusivity / Keith W. Whitelam.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS680.P45 P655 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903364566

Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-241) and indexes.

Some reflections on the politics of ancient history, archaeological practice and nation-building in Israel/Palestine / Emanuel Pfoh -- Tribes, genealogies and the composition of the Hebrew Bible / Ingrid Hjelm -- In search of platonic Israel / Philippe Wajdenbaum -- What we do and do not know about pre-Hellenistic al-quds / Thomas L. Thompson -- The faithful remnant and the invention of religio-ethnic identity / Firas Sawah -- The faithful remnant and religious identity: the literary trope of return--A reply to Firas Sawah / Thomas L. Thompson -- Christian origins, 'the land' and the ideological scholarly apparatuses / James G. Crossley -- History as an argument for land possession / Niels Peter Lemche -- Israeli archaeology in the old city of Jerusalem / Gideon Sulimany -- Archaeology in Israel, 1948-1973: selected documents / Raz Kletter -- Israel and Palestine: a critique of how to create and anchor a nation-state archaeologically / Terje Oestigaard -- Biology as history / Nadia Abu El-Haj -- Shaping the history of Palestine: nationalism and exclusivity / Keith W. Whitelam.

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