The Invention of Ancient Israel: The Silencing of Palestinian History

by Keith W. Whitelam and Keith W Whitelam

Book Overview

The Invention of Ancient Israel 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'.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415107598
• ISBN13: 9780415107594
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"