Ancient Zionism: The Biblical Origins of the National IdeaIn this unusual and provocative book, Victor Erlich uncovers the origins of the national idea in the Hebrew Bible. Through a series of sensitive and original readings of well-known biblical episodes, Erlich argues that ancient Zionism was not an ideological construct but rather a unique marriage of literary imagination and ethnic pride. |
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Page 4 - And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us ; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
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| Title | Ancient Zionism: The Biblical Origins of the National Idea |
| Author | Avi Erlich |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1451602278, 9781451602272 |
| Length | 277 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / General Religion / Judaism / General Religion / Judaism / History |
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