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A History of Israel and the Holy Land.(Book Review)
A History of Israel and the Holy Land. Edited by Michael Avi-Yonah. New York: Continuum, 2003, 376 pp. $24.95 paper.
This highly informative work divides the history of the land and the nation of Israel into eight manageable segments, written by seven highly-qualified authors. The segments and authors include: "The Prehistory of the Holy Land (until 3200 BC)," by Emmanuel Anati; "The Canaanite and Israelite Periods (3200-332 BC)," by Hanoch Reviv; "The Second Temple (332 BC-70 AD) Jews, Romans and Byzantines (70-633)," by Michael Avi-Yonah; "The History of Palestine from the Arab Conquest until the Crusades (633-1099)," by Moshe Sharon; "Palestine during the Crusades (1099-1291)," by Emmanuel Sivan; "Palestine under the Mameluks and the Ottoman Empire (1291-1918)," by Moshe Sharon; "Palestine under the British Mandate (1918-1948)," by Arthur Lourie; and "The State of Israel (1948-2000)," by Fred Skolnik.
Anati's chapter offers a fascinating look at the prehistory of the Holy Land covering topics such as "The Age of Hunting and Gathering" and "The Age of Early Agriculture." Reviv explores the political geography of the Holy Land as well as the beginnings of the Hebrew people in Canaan. Reviv admirably covers almost 3,000 years of Holy Land and Israelite history in 77 pages. In the longest chapter of the book, Avi-Yonah provides an exceptional overview on Hellenization and the Jewish resistance to Hellenization. Avi-Yonah's section alone is well worth the book's reasonable price. Sharon provides a comprehensive summary of the rise of Islam as well as a description of Jerusalem in the Muslim tradition.
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Source: HighBeam Research, A History of Israel and the Holy Land.(Book Review)