The Bible and Zionism
Subtitle: invented traditions, archaeology and post-colonialism in Palestine-Israel
By: Nur Masalha.
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781842777619; 9781842777602
Subjects: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Zionism and Judaism.; Palestine in the Bible.; Arab nationalism -- Palestine.; Palestine -- Politics and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: The Bible is our mandate : Zionism, the Hebrew Bible and the Palestinian catastrophe (1881-1967); value: Biblical prophecy and Christian imperialism : Christian Zionism, Armageddon theology and the battle for Jerusalem; value: From secularism to messianism : the theology and geopolitics of neo-Zionism (1967-2006); value: Jewish fundamentalism, the Bible and the "sacred geography" of Jerusalem : implications for inter-faith relations; value: Reinventing Maimonides : from universalist philosopher to neo-Zionist messianic (1967-2006); value: Palestinian religious nationalism, decolonisation and the biblical paradigm : Hamas, Zionism and resisting the occupation; value: Is the Hebrew Bible historical? : the invention of a tradition and the challenge of archaeology and "minimalism" for biblical scholarship and nationalist historiography; value: The Bible, post-colonialism and the moral critique : Michael Prior, Palestinian liberation theology and the biblical academy; value: Cultural resistance and the secular humanist challenge : Edward W. Said, Zionism and rethinking the question of Palestine.