Search results for ""Author S. Ilan Troen""
Springer IsraelPalestine in World Religions
Introduction: From Theological to Secular Claims.- Part I: Secular Claims.- Chapter 1: Conquest, Treaties and Self-Determination.- Chapter 2: From Discovery to Rediscovery.- Chapter 3: Possession and Dispossession through Labor and Purchase.- Chapter 4: History as Legitimacy.- Part II: Theological Claims.- Chapter 5: Judaism; A Multiplicity of Interpretations.- Chapter 6: Christianity; A Kaleidoscope of Theologies.- Chapter 7: Islam: Encountering a Contemporary Challenge.- Part III.- Chapter 8: Concluding Reflections.
£29.99
Indiana University Press Tel-Aviv, the First Century: Visions, Designs, Actualities
Tel-Aviv, the First Century brings together a broad range of disciplinary approaches and cutting-edge research to trace the development and paradoxes of Tel-Aviv as an urban center and a national symbol. Through the lenses of history, literature, urban planning, gender studies, architecture, art, and other fields, these essays reveal the place of Tel-Aviv in the life and imagination of its diverse inhabitants. The careful and insightful tracing of the development of the city's urban landscape, the relationship of its varied architecture to its competing social cultures, and its evolving place in Israel's literary imagination come together to offer a vivid and complex picture of Tel-Aviv as a microcosm of Israeli life and a vibrant modern global city.
£17.64
Indiana University Press Essential Israel: Essays for the 21st Century
Most Americans are ill-prepared to engage thoughtfully in the increasingly serious debate about Israel, its place in the Middle East, and its relations with the United States. Essential Israel examines a wide variety of complex issues and current concerns in historical and contemporary contexts to provide readers with an intimate sense of the dynamic society and culture that is Israel today. The expert contributors to this volume address the Arab-Israeli conflict, the state of diplomatic efforts to bring about peace, Zionism and the impact of the Holocaust, the status of the Jewish state and Israeli democracy, foreign relations, immigration and Israeli identity, as well as literature, film, and the other arts. This unique and innovative volume provides solid grounding to understandings of Israel's history, politics, culture, and possibilities for the future.
£72.90
Indiana University Press Essential Israel: Essays for the 21st Century
Most Americans are ill-prepared to engage thoughtfully in the increasingly serious debate about Israel, its place in the Middle East, and its relations with the United States. Essential Israel examines a wide variety of complex issues and current concerns in historical and contemporary contexts to provide readers with an intimate sense of the dynamic society and culture that is Israel today. The expert contributors to this volume address the Arab-Israeli conflict, the state of diplomatic efforts to bring about peace, Zionism and the impact of the Holocaust, the status of the Jewish state and Israeli democracy, foreign relations, immigration and Israeli identity, as well as literature, film, and the other arts. This unique and innovative volume provides solid grounding to understandings of Israel's history, politics, culture, and possibilities for the future.
£32.40
