A New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine: Palestine History and Heritage 1

by IlanPappe (Editor), ThomasL.Thompson (Editor), IngridHjelm (Editor), HamdanTaha (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2019

  $141.75

  A New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine discusses prospects and

  methods for a comprehensive, evidence-based history of Palestine with a

  critical use of recent historical, archaeological and anthropological methods.

  This history is not an exclusive history but one that is ethnically and

  culturally inclusive, a history of and for all peoples who have lived in Palestine.

  After an introductory essay offering a strategy for creating coherence

  and continuity from the earliest beginnings to the present, the volume presents

  twenty articles from twenty-two contributors, fifteen of whom are of

  Middle Eastern origin or relation.

  Split thematically into four parts, the volume discusses ideology, national

  identity and chronology in various historiographies of Palestine, and the

  legacy of memory and oral history; the transient character of ethnicity in

  Palestine and questions regarding the ethical responsibilities of archaeologists

  and historians to protect the multi-ethnic cultural heritage of Palestine;

  landscape and memory, and the values of community archaeology and

  bio-archaeology; and an exploration of the ideology of the land and its

  influence on Palestine's history and heritage.

  The first in a series of books under the auspices of the Palestine History

  and Heritage Project (PaHH), the volume offers a challenging new departure

  for writing the history of Palestine and Israel throughout the ages. A

  New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine explores the diverse history

  of the region against the backdrop of twentieth-century scholarly construction

  of the history of Palestine as a history of a Jewish homeland with roots

  in an ancient, biblical Israel and examines the implications of this ancient

  and recent history for archaeology and cultural heritage. The book offers a

  fascinating new perspective for students and academics in the fields of anthropological,

  political, cultural and biblical history.