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The front matter situates the work in broader debates about ideology and historical interpretation, referencing multiple authors and intellectual foreword writers. The table of contents outlines major themes including prejudice, orthodoxy, historical weight, laws affecting non-Jews, and political consequences, supported by notes, references, and an index.","Jewish History, Jewish Religion  \n\u003C:IEA>I>86A  \n[www.plutobooks.com](www.plutobooks.com)  \nRevolution, Democracy, Socialism  \nSelected Writings V. I. 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Sivanandan Foreword by Colin Prescod 9780745328348  \nje wish history e j wish religion  \nThe Weight of Three Thousand Years  \nNew Edition  \nISRAEL SHAHAK  \nForewords by Gore Vidal, Edward Said, Norton Mezvinsky and Ilan Pappe  \nPLUTO PRESS [www.plutobooks.com](www.plutobooks.com)  \nFirst published 1994 by Pluto Press  \n345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA [www.plutobooks.com](www.plutobooks.com)  \nReissued 1997 with an additional Foreword by Edward Said  \nReissued 2002 with an additional Foreword by Norton Mezvinsky New edition published 2008 with an additional Foreword by Ilan Pappe  \nChapters 2, 3, 4 and 5 first appeared in the journal Khamsin and are reproduced with permission.  \nForewords copyright © 1994 Gore Vidal, 1997 Edward Said, 2002 Norton Mezvinsky and 2008 Ilan Pappe.  \nCopyright © 1994, 1997, 2002, 2008 the estate of Israel Shahak.  \nThe right of Gore Vidal, Norton Mezvinsky and Ilan Pappe to be identified as the authors of their respective forewords has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nISBN  \nISBN  \n978 0 7453 2841 6  \n978 0 7453 2840 9  \nHardback Paperback  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data applied for  \nThis book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental standards of the country of origin. The paper may contain up to 70% post consumer waste.  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nDesigned and produced for Pluto Press by  \nChase Publishing Services Ltd, Sidmouth, EX10 9QG, England Typeset by Stanford DTP Services, Northampton, England Printed and bound in the European Union by  \nCPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne, England  \nCONTENTS  \nForeword to the first edition by Gore Vidal vi  \nForeword to the 1997 edition by Edward Said ix  \nForeword to the 2002 edition by Norton Mezvinsky xv  \nForeword to the 2008 edition by Ilan Pappe xx  \n1 A Closed Utopia? 1  \n2 Prejudice and Prevarication 17  \n3 Orthodoxy and Interpretation 38  \n4 The Weight of History 60  \n5 The Laws against Non-Jews 90  \n6 Political Consequences 119  \nNotes and References 125  \nIndex 140  \nFOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION  \nGore Vidal  \nSometime in the late 1950s, that world-class gossip and occasional historian, John F. Kennedy, told me how, in 1948, Harry S. 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