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Shows how ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state, influenced by the Israeli state created in 1948; Biblical schola

“A thought-provoking, readable, and important” critical study of the Zionist colonization of Palestine and the establishment of the State of Israel (Publish

A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a new

The Invention of Ancient Israel shows how the true history of ancient Palestine has been obscured by the search for Israel. Keith W. Whitelam shows how ancient