The Invention of the Land of Israel by Shlomo Sand, Geremy Fo... - 9781781680834

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The Invention of the Land of IsraelFrom Holy Land to Homeland\nAuthor(s): Shlomo Sand, Geremy Forman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Verso Books, United Kingdom\nImprint: Verso Books\nISBN-13: 9781781680834, 978-1781680834\nSynopsis\nWhat is a homeland? When does it become a national territory? Why have so many people been willing to die for such places throughout the twentieth century? What is the essence of the Promised Land?\n\nFollowing the acclaimed and controversial The Invention of the Jewish People, Shlomo Sand examines the mysterious sacred land that has become the site of the longest-running national struggle of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Invention of the Land of Israel deconstructs the age-old legends surrounding the Holy Land and the prejudices that continue to suffocate it. The invention of the modern concept of the \""Land of Israel\"" in the nineteenth century, he argues, not only facilitated the colonization of the Middle East and the establishment of .