Best-selling analysis of Jewish history by a leading Israeli historian with a new preface
Shlomo Sand teaches Contemporary History at the University of Tel Aviv. His books include The Invention of the Jewish People, On the Nation and the Jewish People, How I Stopped Being a Jew, The Invention of the Land of Israel, and Twilight of History.
Extravagantly denounced and praised.
*New York Times*
Perhaps books combining passion and erudition don't change
political situations, but if they did, this one would count as a
landmark.
*Observer*
[Sand's] quiet earthquake of a book is shaking historical faith in
the link between Judaism and Israel.
*Observer*
Anyone interested in understanding the contemporary Middle East
should read this book.
*Tony Judt*
No discussion of the region any longer seems complete without
acknowledgement of this book.
*Independent on Sunday*
A radical dismantling of a national myth.
*Guardian*
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