The Invention of the Jewish People (Authored by Shlomo Sand)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/567532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Invention of the Jewish People Author: Shlomo Sand Narrator: Barry Abrams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: World Religions Publisher's Summary: A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a new account of both that demands to be reckoned with. Was there really a forced exile in the first century, at the hands of the Romans? Should we regard the Jewish people, throughout two millennia, as both a distinct ethnic group and a putative nation—returned at last to its Biblical homeland? Shlomo Sand argues that most Jews actually descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered far across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The formation of a Jewish people and then a Jewish nation out of these disparate groups could only take place under the sway of a new historiography, developing in response to the rise of nationalism throughout Europe. The central importance of the conflict in the Middle East ensures that Sand's arguments will reverberate well beyond the historians and politicians that he takes to task. Without an adequate understanding of Israel's past, capable of superseding today's opposing views, diplomatic solutions are likely to remain elusive. In this iconoclastic work of history, Shlomo Sand provides the intellectual foundations for a new vision of Israel's future.