Israel, the Impossible Land

"Jean-Christophe Attias and Esther Benbassa have written an elegant and erudite book demonstrating the complex relationship to the land of Israel throughout Jewish history."--American Historical Review

About the author

Professor Jean-Christophe Attias holds the chair of the History of Rabbinic Culture at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne. Professor Esther Benbassa holds the chair of Modern Jewish History at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne. Her books translated into English are: Haim Nahum: A Sephardic Chief Rabbi in Politics (1995); The Jews of France: A History from Antiquity to the Present (1999); and, with Aron Rodrigue, A Sephardi Life in Southeastern Europe (1998) and Sephardi Jewry: A History of the Judeo-Spanish Community, 14th-20th Centuries (2000).

Summary

What has the land of Israel meant for the Jewish imagination> This work provides an answer, covering Biblical times up to the present. Its aim is to pierce the mystery of the images of Israel, to grasp their meaning and function, and to trace their origins and history.

Additional text

“Jean-Christophe Attias and Esther Benbassa have written an elegant and erudite book demonstrating the complex relationship to the land of Israel throughout Jewish history.”—American Historical Review

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Christophe Attias, Esther Benbassa
• Assisted by: Susan Emanuel (Translation)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2002
• EAN: 9780804741668
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-4166-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His; Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism