The origins of Israeli mythology:neither Canaanites nor crusaders

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ohana David
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Item Description: Lo Kenaßanim, lo Tsalvanim.
Carrier Form: ix, 266 p.: ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781107014091 (hardback)
1107014093 (hardback)
Index Number: C955
CLC: C955.382
Call Number: C955.382/O363
Contents: Translated from the Hebrew.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. The Promethean Hebrew -- 3. The Canaanite challenge -- 4. The nativist theology -- 5. The crusader anxiety -- 6. The Mediterranean option -- 7. Epilogue: looking out to sea.
"This book examines Israeli identity by exploring its historical narratives, such as the crusader and Canaanite challenges and proposes a new meta-narrative - Mediterraneanism"--