Identity and Territory: Jewish Perceptions of Space in Antiquity

by Eyal Ben-Eliyahu

Throughout history, the relationship between Jews and their land has been a vibrant, much-debated topic within the Jewish world and in international political discourse. Identity and Territory explores how ancient conceptions of Israel--of both the land itself and its shifting frontiers and borders--have played a decisive role in forming national and religious identities across the millennia. Through the works of Second Temple period Jews and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520293606
• ISBN13: 9780520293601
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"