Ancient Zionism: The Biblical Origins of the National Idea

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Simon and Schuster, 15 juni 2010 - 277 sidor
In this unusual and provocative book, Victor Erlich uncovers the origins of the national idea in the Hebrew Bible. Through a series of sensitive and original readings of well-known biblical episodes, Erlich argues that ancient Zionism was not an ideological construct but rather a unique marriage of literary imagination and ethnic pride.

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Land and Intellect
21
Land and Literacy
37
Land and Law
53
Land and Loot
69
History and Hell
85
David in Zion
99
Brickkiln and Winepress
113
Ritual in the Land
127
Landless and Illiterate
169
The Ancient Hatred of Zionism
181
The Hebrew Mind in Diaspora
197
Zohar
211
A Bough Over the Wall
225
Zion as Tragicomedy
241
Ancient Zionism and Its Modern Competitors
255
Acknowledgments
271

The Wisdom of Solomon
143
Prophecy in the Land
157
Index
273
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Sida 217 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Sida 104 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Sida 234 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty Go<J of Jacob : (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel...
Sida 108 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Sida 4 - And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us ; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Sida 228 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age : and he made him a coat of many colours.
Sida 237 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Sida 216 - And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.
Sida 78 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Sida 174 - So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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Avi Erlich was formerly a professor of English at the City University of New York.

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