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Hebron Jews : memory and conflict in the land of Israel /
In this first comprehensive history in English of the Jews of Hebron, Jerold S. Auerbach explores one of the oldest and most vilified Jewish communities in the world. Spanning three thousand years, from the biblical narrative of Abraham's purchase of a burial cave for Sarah to the violent prese...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this first comprehensive history in English of the Jews of Hebron, Jerold S. Auerbach explores one of the oldest and most vilified Jewish communities in the world. Spanning three thousand years, from the biblical narrative of Abraham's purchase of a burial cave for Sarah to the violent present, it offers a controversial analysis of a community located at the crossroads of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle over national boundaries and the internal Israeli struggle over the meaning of Jewish statehood. Hebron Jews sharply challenges conventional Zionist historiography and current media understa. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 223 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780742566170 074256617X 1282497146 9781282497146 9786612497148 6612497149 |