The Invention of Ancient Israel: The Silencing of Palestinian History
'Anyone who feels K's work 'can be safely ignored' will only show himself up as a fool.'-History Geography and Society'An important contribution to the history of scholarship.'-Expository Times'This is a brave, fascinating and important book ... constantly thought provoking and controversial.'-Sunday Times'Keith Whitelam's work serves to remind us what a vital if fraught exercise it still is to engage explicitly with the unique cultural influence of the Old Testament on the contemporary world.'-The Friend'It is a masterly, courageous work, the result of careful reading, focused reflection and the appropriate moral passion, which richly deserves wide exposure and will surely prompt siginificant discussion.'-Heythrop Journal'Whitelam can (and will) be criticized for introducing politics into 'ancient Israel', he is merely exposing it - and the Palestinians are after all the major victims of a zionizing European and American biblical scholarship. This book should be in paperback, and compulsory reading.'-Journal for the Study of the Old Testament