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<DIV>I'm more than half-way through it, and it's fascinating, although often tough going. It's also very well-written, well-translated, or both. I think it gets at historical truths, but more interestingly (as Adam points out) at historiographical truths from 19th century Germany, through the origins of Zionism, to the present. What's done is done, and Israel "exists." But it wouldn't hurt if people understood the implications of the likelihood that the Palestinians are descendants of the Judaeans of antiquity, and that Jews like you and me are almost certainly not. It also says a lot about the early relationship between Judaism and Christianity that is not well known.</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Morton K. Brussel <brussel@illinois.edu><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> David Green <davegreen84@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, August 9, 2010 12:30:47 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Peace-discuss] Shlomo Sand: The Invention of the Jewish People<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV>Thanks for sending this along. Have you read Sand's book? Opinions? There are many on the Amazon web site for this book. Of course, how to distinguish the politics from the "truth" is a problem seen there. </DIV>
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<DIV>On Aug 9, 2010, at 8:37 AM, David Green wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">A brief review of this book by Adam Sutcliffe, formerly on the faculty here:</DIV>
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