Ancient Zionism: The Biblical Origins of the National Idea

by Avi Erlich

Overview

In this unusual and provocative book, Victor Erlich uncovers the origins of the national idea in the Hebrew Bible. Through a series of sensitive and original readings of well-known biblical episodes, Erlich argues that ancient Zionism was not an ideological construct but rather a unique marriage of literary imagination and ethnic pride.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451602272
Publisher:	Free Press
Publication date:	06/15/2010
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	277
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Avi Erlich was formerly a professor of English at the City University of New York.