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Rabin, un assassinat politique : religion, nationalisme, violence en Israël
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ISBN: 287899129X 9782878991291 Year: 1996 Publisher: Paris Le Monde-Editions


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Le combat pour Dieu : une histoire du fondamentalisme juif, chrétien et musulman (1492-2001)
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ISBN: 2020588625 9782020588621 Year: 2005 Publisher: Paris : Ed. du Seuil,


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Jewish theocracy
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ISBN: 9004086307 9789004086302 Year: 1988 Publisher: Leiden Brill


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River Jordan : The Mythology of a Dividing Line
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ISBN: 1283317079 9786613317070 0226319598 9780226319599 9781283317078 9780226319575 0226319571 Year: 2011 Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press,

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As the site of several miracles in the Jewish and Christian traditions, the Jordan is one of the world's holiest rivers. It is also the major political and symbolic border contested by Israelis and Palestinians. Combining biblical and folkloric studies with historical geography, Rachel Havrelock explores how the complex religious and mythological representations of the river have shaped the current conflict in the Middle East. Havrelock contends that the intractability of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict stems from the nationalist myths of the Hebrew Bible, where the Jordan is defined as a border of the Promised Land. Both Israelis and Palestinians claim the Jordan as a necessary boundary of an indivisible homeland. Examining the Hebrew Bible alongside ancient and modern maps of the Jordan, Havrelock chronicles the evolution of Israel's borders based on nationalist myths while uncovering additional myths that envision Israel as a bi-national state. These other myths, she proposes, provide roadmaps for future political configurations of the nation. Ambitious and masterful in its scope, River Jordan brings a fresh, provocative perspective to the ongoing struggle in this violence-riddled region.


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The battle for God
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ISBN: 0679435972 9780679435976 Year: 2000 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Knopf

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