Joshua Generation (eBook)

Israeli Occupation and the Bible

Rachel Havrelock (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
264 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20149-8 (ISBN)

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How a controversial biblical tale of conquest and genocide became a founding story of modern IsraelNo biblical text has been more central to the politics of modern Israel than the book of Joshua. Named after a military leader who became the successor to Moses, it depicts the march of the ancient Israelites into Canaan, describing how they subjugated and massacred the indigenous peoples. The Joshua Generation examines the book's centrality to the Israeli occupation today, revealing why nationalist longing and social reality are tragically out of sync in the Promised Land.Though the book of Joshua was largely ignored and reviled by diaspora Jews, the leaders of modern Israel have invoked it to promote national cohesion. Critics of occupation, meanwhile, have denounced it as a book that celebrates genocide. Rachel Havrelock looks at the composition of Joshua, showing how it reflected the fractious nature of ancient Israelite society and a desire to unify the populace under a strong monarchy. She describes how David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, convened a study group at his home in the late 1950s, where generals, politicians, and professors reformulated the story of Israel's founding in the language of Joshua. Havrelock traces how Ben-Gurion used a brutal tale of conquest to unite an immigrant population of Jews of different ethnicities and backgrounds, casting modern Israelis and Palestinians as latter-day Israelites and Canaanites.Providing an alternative reading of Joshua, The Joshua Generation finds evidence of a decentralized society composed of tribes, clans, and woman-run households, one with relevance to today when diverse peoples share the dwindling resources of a scarred land.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 5 b/w illus. 5 maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: 1948 Arab-Israeli War • Achan (biblical figure) • Agnon’s Moonstruck Lovers • Amalek • Anita Shapira • Arab-Israeli Conflict • archaeology • Beersheba • Benjamin Netanyahu • Biblical Hebrew • biblical history • book of Deuteronomy • Book of Joshua • Book of Judges • books of Samuel • caleb • Cambridge University Press • Canaan • city-state • Colonialism • Colonization • conservation • David Ben-Gurion • David Noel Freedman • Desalination • Desert in the Promised Land • Deuteronomistic History • East Jerusalem • First Intifada • Gaza Strip • Genocide • Gibeon (ancient city) • Gilgal • God • Golan Heights • Government Press Office (Israel) • Gush Emunim • Hazor • Hebrew Bible • Hittites • Holy War in Judaism • Household • Ideology • Indigenous peoples • Institution • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli-occupied territories • Israeli-Palestinian conflict • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Israelis • israelites • Jebusite • Jewish Fundamentalism • Jewish History • Jews • Judaism • Judea • Land of Israel • L. Daniel Hawk • Literature • Mandatory Palestine • Martin Noth • Middle Eastern Studies • Militarism • militarization • military occupation • Moab • Moshe Dayan • Nablus • Narration • Nationalization • nation state • Netanyahu • Occupation • Occupied Territories • Old Testament • on war • Oxford University Press • palestinians • Palestinian territories • Peace treaty • perpetual war • Philistines • Politics • Precedent • Prime Minister of Israel • Princeton University Press • Privatization • Puritans • Rabbi • Rahab • Reuven Firestone • rhetoric • Sde Boker • Shai • Shechem • Shimon Peres • Sidon • Social reality • Sotah (Talmud) • Sovereignty • State-Building • Tel Aviv • The Violence of the Biblical God • Tradition • Treaty • Tribe of Benjamin • Tribe of Dan • tribe of Judah • Tribe of Manasseh • Twelve Tribes • University of Chicago Press • war • Water insecurity • water wars • West Bank • Writing • Yael Zerubavel • Yahweh • Yale University Press • yeshiva • Yigael Yadin • yishuv • Zionism
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20149-8 / 0691201498
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20149-8 / 9780691201498