The origins of Israeli mythology: neither Canaanites nor crusaders

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Examines Israeli identity by exploring its historical narratives, such as crusader and Canaanite challenges, and proposes a new meta-narrative - Mediterraneanism.

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Full title :The origins of Israeli mythology : neither Canaanites nor crusaders / David Ohana ; [translated by] David Maisel.

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Examines Israeli identity by exploring its historical narratives, such as crusader and Canaanite challenges, and proposes a new meta-narrative - Mediterraneanism.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Description:1 online resource (ix, 266 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781139013444, 1139013440, 1107014093, 9781107014091, 1107229758, 9781107229754, 1139209957, 9781139209953, 1280485272, 9781280485275, 1139222899, 9781139222891, 9786613580252, 6613580252, 1139218093, 9781139218092, 1139224611, 9781139224611, 1139215000, 9781139215008, 1139221175, 9781139221177
oclc:ocn785781997
LC Classification:DS113.3
Dewey Decimal:956.94

The Origins of Israeli Mythology; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; NATIONALISM, IDEOLOGY, AND MYTHOLOGY; HOMO MYTHICUS; ZARATHUSTRA AND NIMROD IN ZION; THE CANAANITE MYTH; MESSIANIC CANAANISM; THE CRUSADER MYTH; PLACE AND EXILE; THE MEDITERRANEAN MOMENT; 2 The Promethean Hebrew; THE HEBREW NIETZSCHEANS; NIETZSCHE'S RECEPTION IN HEBREW CULTURE; BERDICHEVSKY: FROM THE LAST JEW TO THE FIRST HEBREW; NATIONAL EXISTENTIALISM; THE ISRAELI PEOPLE; 3 The Canaanite Challenge; AND THE CANAANITE DISCOURSE WAS THEN IN THE LAND

YONATAN RATOSH: A PROPHET IN HIS OWN COUNTRYGERSHOM SCHOLEM: NEITHER CANAANISM, NOR MESSIANISM; ARE THE ISRAELIS ALREADY CANAANITES?; 4 The Nativist Theology; SETTLEMENT AND WAR; THE COMMUNITY OF MEMORY; THE "MYTH OF RETURN," SACRED SPACE, AND THE "LONE TREE"; HISTORICAL ANALOGY AS A CONSTRUCTION OF MYTH; THE POLITICS OF MEMORY; 5 The Crusader Anxiety; THE CRUSADER-ZIONIST ANALOGY; FROM THE CRUSADES TO THE SWASTIKA; EUROPE OVERSEAS; THE CRUSADERS BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT; FORESTS IN FLAME; PAST CONTINUOUS; 6 The Mediterranean Option; CONFRONTATION OR DIALOGUE?; THE MEDITERRANEAN STATE OF MIND

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Israel Israel -- Social life and customs Israéliens Israelis Jews -- Identity Jews -- Identity. -- Israel Juifs -- Identité. -- Israël Manners and customs National characteristics, Israeli RELIGION -- Judaism