The Invention of the Land of Israel by Shlomo Sand | Book Club

Full Title: The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland
Suggested by: Extra
Pages to read: 281
ISBN: 9781844679461 (Originally listed edition, & Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What Jewish myths were created?
•What were the myths used for?
•Why migrate to the Middle East?
•Where did the historical concept of the land of Israel come from?
•What justified taking the land of Israel?
•Did the local people have sovereignty?
•Do the Jews have an ancestral land?
•Were Jews exiled from the Middle East in the 1st century B.C.E.?
•Did Jews want to return to the Middle East?
•Were there Judaic kingdoms?
•Did Judaism proselytize?
•How were Israels borders defined?
•Have Jews changed after being in Israel?
•What is the Temple?
•Are humans biologically territorial?
•How do homelands develop?
•How did marriage customs change?
•How does Israel maintain its political and military power?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.