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Hebron Jews : memory and conflict in the land of Israel / Jerold S. Auerbach

Author
Auerbach, Jerold S.
Published
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Physical Description
1 online resource (vii, 223 pages)
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Biblical Hebron -- Holy site -- Community -- Catastrophe -- Return -- Renewal -- Crisis -- Endurance -- Legitimacy -- Memory.
Summary
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 understa.
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ISBN
9780742566170 (electronic)
074256617X (electronic)
1282497146
9781282497146
9786612497148
6612497149
9780742566156 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0742566153 (cloth ; alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index.
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