{"product_id":"the-invention-of-ancient-israel-the-silencing-of-palestinian-history-9780415107594","title":"The Invention of Ancient Israel The Silencing of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Invention of Ancient Israel\u003c\/em\u003e 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'.\u003cbr\u003eKeith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Anyone who feels K's work 'can be safely ignored' will only show himself up as a fool.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eHistory Geography and Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An important contribution to the history of scholarship.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eExpository Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This is a brave, fascinating and important book ... constantly thought provoking and controversial.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Keith Whitelam's work serves to remind us what a vital if fraught exercise it still is to engage explicitly with the unique cultural influence of the Old Testament on the contemporary world.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'It is a masterly, courageous work, the result of careful reading, focused reflection and the appropriate moral passion, which richly deserves wide exposure and will surely prompt siginificant discussion.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003e Heythrop Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Whitelam can (and will) be criticized for introducing politics into 'ancient Israel', he is merely exposing it - and the Palestinians are after all the major victims of a zionizing European and American biblical scholarship. This book should be in paperback, and compulsory reading.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eJournal for the Study of the Old Testament\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Silencing of Palestinian History,  1. Partial Texts and Fractured Histories,  2. Denying Space and Time to Palestinian History, 3. Inventing Ancient Israel,  4. The Creation of an Israelite State,  5. The Continuing Search,  Reclaiming Palestinian History,  Notes, Bibliography,   Index.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018108076375,"sku":"9780415107594","price":47.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415107594.jpg?v=1750775654","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-invention-of-ancient-israel-the-silencing-of-palestinian-history-9780415107594","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}