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Jerold S. Auerbach - Hebron Jews - 9780742566156 - V9780742566156
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Hebron Jews

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Description for Hebron Jews Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
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 understanding by presenting a community of memory deeply embedded ... Read more

Product Details

Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742566156
SKU
V9780742566156
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About Jerold S. Auerbach
Jerold S. Auerbach is professor of history at Wellesley College. His books include Explorers in Eden: Pueblo Indians and the Promised Land, Are We One? Jewish Identity in the United States and Israel, Jacob's Voices, Rabbis and Lawyers, Justice Without Law? and Unequal Justice. His articles and reviews have appeared in numerous journals, including The New Republic, The Nation, Harper's, ... Read more

Reviews for Hebron Jews
Auerbach gives a passionate account of the Jewish presence in Hebron, and in reading the book the reader can truly comprehend what lures Jews to that dangerous place....This is a worthwhile achievement. His book is a long-needed contribution of a serious scholar to an ongoing academic debate, in which the Hebron Jews were left without a decisive, unapologetic, systematically argued ... Read more

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