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Traces identity formation from nation-making, “mythistory,” and exile-era transformation to debates over proselytism, conversion, and lost time. Explores silence in historical memory, including regional cases and the Khazar tradition, then analyzes identity politics in Israel, linking Zionism, heredity, and the tension between “Jewish” and democratic ideals.","The Invention of the Jewish People  \nEnglish edition published by Verso 2009  \n© Verso 2009  \nTranslation © Yael Lotan First published as Matai ve'ekh humtza ha'am hayehudi?[When and How Was the Jewish People Invented?]© Resling 2008  \nAll rights reserved The moral rights of the author have been asserted 13579 10 8642  \nVerso  \nUK: 6 Meard Street, London W1F 0EG US: 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY 11201  \n[www.versobooks.com](www.versobooks.com)  \nVerso is the imprint of New Left Books  \nISBN-13: 978-1-84467-422-0  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nA catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Typeset by Hewer Text UK Ltd, Edinburgh  \nPrinted in the US by Maple Vail  \nTo the memory of the refugees who reached this soil and those who were forced to leave it.  \nContents  \nPREFACE TO THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION ix  \nINTRODUCTION: BURDENS OF MEMORY  \n1  \nIdentity in Movement 1  \nConstructed Memories 14  \n1. MAKING NATIONS: SOVEREIGNTY AND EQUALITY 23 Lexicon: \"People\" and Ethnos 24  \nVie Nation: Boundaries and Definitions 31  \nFrom Ideology to Identity 39 From Ethnic  \nMyth to Civil Imaginary 45 The Intellectual as  \nthe Nations \"Prince\" 54  \n2. MYTHISTORY: IN THE BEGINNING,  \nGOD CREATED THE PEOPLE 64  \nThe Early Shaping of Jewish History 65  \nThe Old Testament as Mythistory 71  \nRace and Nation 78  \nA Historians'Dispute 81  \nA Protonationalist View from the East 87  \nAn Ethnicist Stage in the West 95  \nThe First Steps of Historiography in Zion 100  \nPolitics and Archaeology 107  \nThe Earth Rebels against Mythistory 115  \nThe Bible as Metaphor 123  \n3. THE INVENTION OF THE EXILE:  \nPROSELYTISM AND CONVERSION 129  \nThe \"People\" Exiled in 70 CE 130  \nExile without Expulsion—History in the Twilight Zone 136  \nAgainst Its Will, the People Emigrate from the Homeland 143  \n\"All Nations Shall Flow Unto It\" 150  \n'The Hasmoneans Impose Judaism on 'Their Neighbors 154  \nVlll  \nFrom The Hellenistic Sphere to Mesopotamian Territory 161  \nJudaizing in the Shadow of Rome 166  \nHow Rabbinical Judaism Viewed Proselytizing 173  \nThe Sad Fate of the Judeans 178  \nRemembering and Forgetting the \"People of the Land\" 182  \n4. REALMS OF SILENCE:  \nIN SEARCH OF LOST (JEWISH) TIME 190  \nArabia Felix: The Proselytized Kingdom ofHimyar 192  \nPhoenicians and Berbers: The Mysterious Queen Kahina 199  \nJewish Kagans? A Strange Empire Rises in the East 210  \nKhazars and Judaism: A Long Love Affair? 218  \nModern Research Explores the Khazar Past 230  \nThe Enigma: The Origin of Eastern Europe's Jews 238  \n5. THE DISTINCTION: IDENTITY POLITICS IN ISRAEL 250 Zionism and Heredity 256  \n'Tf-ie Scientific Puppet and the Racist Hunchback 272  \nFounding an Ethnos State 280 \"Jewish and  \nDemocratic\"—An Oxymoron? 292 Ethnocracy in the  \nAge of Globalization 307  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS 314  \nINDEX 315  \nPreface to the English-Language Edition  \nThis book was originally written in Hebrew. My mother tongue is actually Yiddish, but Hebrew has remained the language of my imagination, probably of my dreams and certainly of my writing. I chose to publish the book in Israel because initially my intended readers were Israelis, both those who see themselves as Jews and those who are defined as Arabs. My reason was simple enough: I live in Tel Aviv, where I teach history.  \nWhen the book first appeared in early 2008, its reception was somewhat odd. The electronic media were intensely curious, and I was invited to take part in many television and radio programs. Journalists, too, turned their attention to my study, mostly in a favorable way. By contrast, representatives of the \"authorized\" body of historians fell on the book with academic fury, and excitable bloggers depicted me as an enemy of the people. Perhaps it was this contrast that prompted the readers to indulge me—the book stayed on the bestseller list","cbCaimdPM3v0Ncc0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimdPM3v0Ncc0","pdf",1823421,5,1,373,"English","en",105,"# Introduction: Burdens of Memory\n## Identity in Movement\n## Constructed Memories\n# Making Nations: Sovereignty and Equality\n## Lexicon: \"People\" and Ethnos\n## Vie Nation: Boundaries and Definitions\n# Mythistory: In the Beginning, God Created the People\n## The Old Testament as Mythistory\n## A Historians' Dispute\n# The Invention of the Exile: Proselytism and Conversion\n## Exile without Expulsion—History in the Twilight Zone\n## How Rabbinical Judaism Viewed Proselytizing\n# Realms of Silence: In Search of Lost (Jewish) Time\n## Khazars and Judaism: A Long Love Affair?\n# The Distinction: Identity Politics in Israel\n## Zionism and Heredity\n## Ethnocracy in the Age of Globalization","[{\"question\":\"What central idea does the book use to explain the formation of 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