Silver presents a dual history: one an incisive critique of
politically and religiously biased scholarship and another of a
nuanced multicultural history of the Galilee from Ottoman times to
the establishment of the State of Israel on the ruins of the
British Mandate…. This volume, the follow-up to Silver's The
History of Galilee, 47 BCE to 1260 CE (2021), is a most important
contribution to an informative history of "the Greatest Story Never
Told," namely, the generally ignored role of the Galilee during the
past two millennia. The bibliography is very useful. Highly
recommended. General readers through faculty.
*Choice Reviews*
Matt Silver has written a fascinating history of the Galilee region
where cultures and religions have both clashed and collaborated for
thousands of years, and where many of these same conflicts and
layers of cooperation continue until today. Beyond being such a
gifted writer and wonderful historian, Matt has lived in the
Galilee for decades and was one of the founders of a remarkable and
inspiring initiative: the Galilee Jewish-Arab school, where a group
of families and educators banded together over 20 years ago to
create a school and community in which Arab and Jewish children and
adults could learn and live together, creating coexistence and
partnership instead of perpetuating the fear, hatred, ignorance and
conflict between them.Matt’s scholarship and historical research of
the Galilee is rooted in his belonging to the region and his
commitment to helping build interfaith and intercultural
collaboration among its diverse populations.
*Lee Gordon, Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel*
One of the most comprehensive volumes of history on the medieval
through the modern period of a region that is little known but very
significant for the study of the Middle East and the study of
Judaism, Christianity and Islam in this period. There is something
for almost every discipline. From Geographers, Geologists, and
Philosophers to Legal scholars, Historians, Religious studies,
Political Scientists, as well as Economists, finance and
anthropologists, rabbis, ministers of all Christian denominations,
and even Islamic research scholars.
*Richard Freund, Christopher Newport University*
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