The Bible and Zionism : invented traditions, archaeology and post-colonialism in Palestine-Israel / Nur Masalha.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Description: viii, 366 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1842777602 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1842777610 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781842777602 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781842777619 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.5409 M371b
LOC classification:
  • DS 149 .M3625 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
'The Bible is our mandate' : Zionism, the Hebrew Bible and the Palestinian catastrophe, 1881-1967 -- Biblical prophecy and Christian imperialism : Christian Zionism, Armageddon theology and the battle for Jerusalem -- From secularism to messianism : the theology and geopolitics of neo-Zionism, 1967-2006 -- Jewish fundamentalism, the Bible and the 'sacred geography' of Jerusalem : implications for inter-faith relations -- Reinventing Maimonides : from universalist philosopher to neo-Zionist messianic, 1967-2006 -- Palestinian religious nationalism, decolonisation and the biblical paradigm : Hamas, Zionism and resisting the occupation -- Is the Hebrew Bible historical? The invention of a tradition and the challenge of archaeology for biblical scholarship and nationalist historiography -- The Bible, post-colonialism and the moral critique : Michael Prior, Palestinian liberation theology and the biblical academy -- Cultural resistance and the secular humanist challenge : Edward W. Said, Zionism and rethinking the question of Palestine.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-354) and index.

'The Bible is our mandate' : Zionism, the Hebrew Bible and the Palestinian catastrophe, 1881-1967 -- Biblical prophecy and Christian imperialism : Christian Zionism, Armageddon theology and the battle for Jerusalem -- From secularism to messianism : the theology and geopolitics of neo-Zionism, 1967-2006 -- Jewish fundamentalism, the Bible and the 'sacred geography' of Jerusalem : implications for inter-faith relations -- Reinventing Maimonides : from universalist philosopher to neo-Zionist messianic, 1967-2006 -- Palestinian religious nationalism, decolonisation and the biblical paradigm : Hamas, Zionism and resisting the occupation -- Is the Hebrew Bible historical? The invention of a tradition and the challenge of archaeology for biblical scholarship and nationalist historiography -- The Bible, post-colonialism and the moral critique : Michael Prior, Palestinian liberation theology and the biblical academy -- Cultural resistance and the secular humanist challenge : Edward W. Said, Zionism and rethinking the question of Palestine.

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