A01=Eyal Ben Eliyahu
Author_Eyal Ben Eliyahu
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global
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holy land
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ideology
international
israel
jewish
jewish history
jewish holy land
jewish holy sites
jewish identity
jews
judaism
land boundaries
land ownership
land rights
maps
nationhood
political discourse
politics
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religious identities
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religious studies
second temple period
territory
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Product details
- ISBN 9780520293601
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Apr 2019
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Throughout history, the relationship between Jews and their land has been a vibrant, much-debated topic within the Jewish world and in international political discourse. Identity and Territory explores how ancient conceptions of Israel—of both the land itself and its shifting frontiers and borders—have played a decisive role in forming national and religious identities across the millennia. Through the works of Second Temple period Jews and rabbinic literature, Eyal Ben-Eliyahu examines the role of territorial status, boundaries, mental maps, and holy sites, drawing comparisons to popular Jewish and Christian perceptions of space. Showing how space defines nationhood and how Jewish identity influences perceptions of space, Ben-Eliyahu uncovers varied understandings of the land that resonate with contemporary views of the relationship between territory and ideology.
Eyal Ben-Eliyahu is Professor of Jewish History at the University of Haifa. He is the author of Handbook of Jewish Literature from Late Antiquity and Between Borders: The Boundaries of Eretz-Israel in the Consciousness of the Jewish People.
