Portraying the Land: Hebrew Maps of the Land of Israel from Rashi to the Early 20th Century 9783110570656, 9783110564532, 9783110683202

Portraying the Land: Hebrew Maps of the Land of Israel from Rashi to the Early 20th Century 9783110570656, 9783110564532, 9783110683202

Co-publication with Magnes Press The book presents and discusses a large corpus of Jewish maps of the Holy Land that w

156 53 40MB Read more

Israel, the Impossible Land 9780804780469

What has the land of Israel meant for the Jewish imagination? This book provides a lively and readable answer, covering

97 35 28MB Read more

The Land of Canaan and the Destiny of Israel: Theologies of Territory in the Hebrew Bible 9781575066271

What part does the land of Canaan play in the biblical conception of “Israel”? To what extent does the religion promoted

140 9 2MB Read more

The Land of Canaan and the Destiny of Israel: Theologies of Territory in the Hebrew Bible (Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures) 9781575062020, 157506202X

What part does the land of Canaan play in the biblical conception of “Israel”? To what extent does the religion promoted

158 26 2MB Read more

To the Promised Land: A History of Zionist Thought from Its Origins to the Modern State of Israel 0571254233, 9780571254231

Zionism is one of the most misunderstood and controversial of all political doctrines. To the Promised Land illuminates

435 84 6MB Read more

Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel 9781317967903

197 79 479KB Read more

In the Land of Israel: Essays 0547540779, 9780547540771

A snapshot of Israel and the West Bank in the 1980s, through the voices of its inhabitants, from the National Jewish Boo

181 89 497KB Read more

Scriptural Geography: Portraying the Holy Land 9780755625147, 9781845118181

For nineteenth century scholars the Holy Land was not just a region of the globe - it was an idea, an intellectual and m

143 71 15MB Read more

Twentieth Century Jews: Forging Identity in the Land of Promise and in the Promised Land 9781618110244

This extensively-researched collection of essays lucidly explores how members of the ever-beleaguered Jewish people grap

121 12 2MB Read more

To See A Promised Land: Americans and the Holy Land in the Nineteenth Century 0271008849, 9780271008844

191 13 11MB Read more