His books include the invention of the jewish people, on the nation and the jewish people, how i stopped being a jew, the invention of the land of israel, and twilight of history. Shlomo sand is professor of history at tel aviv university and author of the controversial book the invention of the jewish people verso books, 2009. Sand was born to polish jewish survivors of the holocaust. The acclaimed and controversial historian turns his critical gaze on the writing of history today on its publication in 2009, shlomo sands book the invention of the jewish people met with a storm of controversy. Shlomo sand books list of books by author shlomo sand. But not if we understood the details of shlomo sands book. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. The invention of the jewish people by shlomo sand 2009. Aujourdhui award in france, sand provides the intellectual foundations for a new vision of israels future. When shlomo sands book the invention of the jewish people was published it caused a largely a storm of outrage here in the united states among the few who read it.
The book by shlomo sand, which mixes respected scholarship with dubious theories, spent months on the bestseller list in israel and is now. I wish to resign and cease considering myself a jew his past was jewish, but today he sees israel as one of the most racist societies in the western world. The invention of the jewish people by shlomo sand pdf. The invention of the jewish people by sand, shlomo ebook. Bestselling new analysis of jewish history by a leading israeli historian.
Shlomo sands recent book the invention of the jewish people is just such a study. His books include the invention of the jewish people, on the nation and the jewish people, how i stopped being a jew, the invention of. The books thesis is that the obsessively held zionistisraeli notion of the jews as an ethnically identifiable people existing since biblical times and having their origins in the ancient land of ancient israel is unsupportable. Among sand s discussion on those three inventions, the one referred to secular judaism the object of the new book is perhaps the most directed to the jewish public, or likely to have jews as the most interested readers. In fact, one can assume that any book attacking the idea of jewish nationalism will gain a following and even garner awards, regardless of how preposterous the underlying thesis. The invention of the land of israel book launch with. Such is the case with the invention of the jewish people, a book by. His demystifying approach to nationalist and zionist historiography provoked much criticism from other professional historians, as well as praise. Among sands discussion on those three inventions, the one referred to secular judaism the object of the new book is perhaps the most directed to the jewish public, or. New york times shlomo sand currently teaches contemporary history at the university of tel aviv. New book by tel aviv historian uncovers land of israel.
Exploding the myth that there was a forced jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the romans, israeli historian shlomo sand argues that most modern jews descend from converts, whose. Shlomo sand, the arabs darling middle east quarterly. The invention of the jewish people by shlomo sand 20091019 jan 1, 1656. They had no common ethnic lineage owing to the high level. Exploding the myth that there was a forced jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the romans, israeli historian shlomo sand argues that most modern jews. Sands bestknown book in english is the invention of the jewish people, originally published in hebrew. Exploding the myth that there was a forced jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the romans, israeli historian shlomo sand argues that most modern jews descend from. Discover book depositorys huge selection of shlomo sand books online. Shlomo sand is an israeli emeritus professor of history at tel aviv university.
The invention of the jewish people by shlomo sand 2010. A book by shlomo sand calls jewish people an the new york. This israeli writer and academic is someone of considerable courage who has braved death. A catalogue record for this book is available from the british library. In this bold and ambitious new book, shlomo sand shows that the israeli national myth has its origins in the nineteenth century, rather than in biblical times when jewish historians, like scholars in many other cultures, reconstituted an imagined people in order to model a future nation. Sand has compiled and analyzed the historiography, as well as recent archaeological and genetic research on the jews and comes up with a fascinatingif combative and often academicthesis. His demystifying approach to nationalist and zionist.
His new book, how i stopped being a jew, is a personal account of the authors break with secular judaism. The end of the french intellectual by shlomo sand the end of the affair. Shlomo sand, je suis charlie chaplin a fetid wind of racism hovers over europe january 2015, counterpunch. Shlomo sand s most popular book is the invention of the jewish people.
The book by shlomo sand, which mixes respected scholarship with dubious theories, spent months on the bestseller list in israel and is now available in english. Now, in an odd new book filled with conspiracy theories, he takes scattershot aim at judaism itself. I wish to resign and cease considering myself a jew. Shlomo sand on his new book, how i stopped being a jew, middle east monitor, oct. Shlomo sand has 15 books on goodreads with 6648 ratings. Shlomo sand currently teaches contemporary history at the university of tel aviv. His charismatic, readable style was evident in his previous book the invention of the jewish people, the english edition of which kicked up quite a controversy in 2009. The invention of the jewish people, sands pioneering new work the. Shlomo sand author of the invention of the jewish people.
His main areas of teaching are nationalism, film as history and french intellectual history. Books by shlomo sand author of the invention of the. Sand is a professor at tel aviv university and author of the invention of the jewish people. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Your new book, twilight of history, raises many questions about the way history is studied. Shlomo sand on zionism, postzionism, and the twostate. His quiet earthquake of a book is shaking historical faith in the link between judaism and israel. This event is organised by verso books and independent jewish voices, and.
Shlomo sand shot to prominence and controversy with his 2008 book the invention of the jewish people. Join shlomo sand and a panel with historian donald sassoon and human rights lawyer geoffrey bindman to discuss the mysterious sacred land that has become the site of the longestrunning national. The author of twilight of history on growing up with tales of the wild west, learning how to do history and deconstructing jewish and israeli mythologies. His followup, the invention of the land of israel, examines a nationalist mythology of land which forms a crucial part of the zionist story of, and justification for, the jewish state. I n 2009, shlomo sand published the invention of the jewish people, in which he claimed that jews have little in common with each other. Asa winstanley the electronic intifada london 28 january 20. Shlomo sand on his new book, how i stopped being a jew. The invention of the jewish people paperback june 14, 2010. Latest nonsense from shlomo sand the land of israel is.
After the people was exiled from its land by force of arms, it kept faith with it in all the lands of its diaspora, and never ceased from praying and hoping to return to its land and. Shlomo sands new book, how i stopped being a jew verso, 2014, as he says, an extended essay of just over 100 pages, is something that may come to be seen as very significant in years, maybe even decades to come. The invention of the jewish people shlomo sand translated by yael lotan verso london new york. Which books encouraged you to embark on this analysis. The invention of the land of israel by shlomo sand. This is the best that can be said for an otherwise deplorable book. Fortunately, along comes the invention of the jewish people by dissident israeli historian shlomo sand. The end of the french intellectual by shlomo sand the. Professor shlomo sand studied history at the university of tel aviv and. Maya sela, itonaei tsorfat heeniku leshlomo sand et pras hayum lesefer haiyun shel hashsana, akhbar haair telaviv, mar. Latest nonsense from shlomo sand the land of israel is a myth shlomo sand, the academic with no background in history who wrote an absurdly ridiculous book the invention of the jewish people to much acclaim by antisemites, has now come out with a new piece of fiction masquerading as scholarship. That version of sands book, published originally in hebrew, was the french language version. Exploding the myth that there was a forced jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the romans, israeli historian shlomo sand argues that most modern jews descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered across the middle east and eastern europe.
Patrick slattery look into the amazing recent pronouncements of israeli shlomo sand who reveals the truth about hyper jewish racism in israel and all over the world. Since the initial publication of the invention of the jewish people five. Although the state of israel is not disposed to transform. Shlomo sand attacked the israeli national myth of jewish identity in his first bestseller. Some of you may recall our celebration of french journalistic standards which permitted the invention of the jewish people, a sad, ideologically bent book by shlomo sand to win the aujourdhui award, given to the best nonfiction political or historical work from french journalists. How i stopped reading shlomo sands crackpot memoirs. Shlomo sand is a history professor at tel aviv university. If myths are ideologies in the form of narratives, history books are, when all is said and done, myths with footnotes. Shlomo sands most popular book is the invention of the jewish people. The invention of the land of israel book launch with shlomo sand. A book by shlomo sand calls jewish people an invention.