Ancient Palestine and the creation of an Israelite state
The most enduring cultural myth of the Jewish people is the idea of the ‘Promised Land’. The propagation of ‘Palestine’ as the ‘true Jewish homeland’ continues to this day among the circles of biblical studies and thus denies ancient Palestine its own history. According to Keith W. Whitelam, “It`s c...
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| description | The most enduring cultural myth of the Jewish people is the idea of the ‘Promised Land’. The propagation of ‘Palestine’ as the ‘true Jewish homeland’ continues to this day among the circles of biblical studies and thus denies ancient Palestine its own history. According to Keith W. Whitelam, “It`s concern with the broad themes of history, settlement, demography and economy was conceived to be an antidote to the standard histories of ancient Israel based upon the biblical traditions which have dominated biblical studies since the nineteenth century. Biblical studies never gave chance to ancient Palestinians (= Arabs) as the original settlers of the land”. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:69382013-05-02T06:19:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6938/ Ancient Palestine and the creation of an Israelite state Yaacob, Solehah@Nik Najah Fadilah D051 Ancient History D839 Post-war History, 1945 on JX International law The most enduring cultural myth of the Jewish people is the idea of the ‘Promised Land’. The propagation of ‘Palestine’ as the ‘true Jewish homeland’ continues to this day among the circles of biblical studies and thus denies ancient Palestine its own history. According to Keith W. Whitelam, “It`s concern with the broad themes of history, settlement, demography and economy was conceived to be an antidote to the standard histories of ancient Israel based upon the biblical traditions which have dominated biblical studies since the nineteenth century. Biblical studies never gave chance to ancient Palestinians (= Arabs) as the original settlers of the land”. IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6938/1/Chapter_8.pdf Yaacob, Solehah@Nik Najah Fadilah (2011) Ancient Palestine and the creation of an Israelite state. In: Paradigm Shift on Thought : Muslim Women's Perspectives. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 133-142. ISBN 9789674181796 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx |
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