Whose Promised Land? : The Continuing Conflict over Israel and Palestine - 5th Edition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Colin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Religion and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : SPCK Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

Updated and expanded edition of a classic book on Israel and Palestine, with new text on the war between Israel and Hamas that broke out in 2023.

Contents:

Preface to the 2024 Revision

Introduction

Part 1 Understanding the History

Chapter 1 The Land in History: Basic Facts and Their Interpretation

1.1 The patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (c. 2000–1700 bc)

1.2 The exodus and the conquest of the land under Joshua (c. 1280–1050 bc)

1.3 The kingdom under Saul, David, and Solomon (1050–931 bc)

1.4 The kingdoms of Israel and Judah (931–587 bc)

1.5 The Babylonian exile (597–539 bc)

1.6 Palestine under the Babylonians, Persians, and Greeks (597–63 bc)

1.7 Palestine under the Romans (63 bc – ad 330)

1.8 Palestine under the Byzantine empire (ad 330–634)

1.9 Palestine under the Arabs and Seljuk Turks (634–1099)

1.10 Palestine under the Crusaders and the Mamluks (1099–1516)

1.11 Palestine under the Ottoman Turks (1516–1918) and the birth of Zionism

1.12 Palestine under the British Mandate (1922–48)

1.13 The UN Partition Plan (1947)

1.14 The founding of the State of Israel (1948)

1.15 Conflicts between 1948 and 1991

1.16 The peace process from 1991 to 2001

1.17 Developments since 2002

1.18 Different interpretations of the facts

Chapter 2 The Seeds of Conflict: Call the Next Witness

2.1 Anti-Semitism

2.2 Zionism

2.3 Jewish settlement in the land

2.4 Arab reactions to Jewish settlement

2.5 The role of Britain

2.6 The role of the United Nations

2.7 Partition and war (1948–49) Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9780281090624

0281090629

OCLC:

1458759550