River Jordan

The Mythology of a Dividing Line

Автор: Rachel S. Havrelock

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Издател: The University of Chicago Press

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As the site of several miracles in the Jewish and Christian traditions, the Jordan is one of the wor...

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Автор

Rachel S. Havrelock

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2011

страници

320

EAN

9780226319575

ISBN

0226319571

Enbook ID

04545686

Издател

The University of Chicago Press

Теглоt

594

Размери

230 x 155 x 25

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As the site of several miracles in the Jewish and Christian traditions, the Jordan is one of the world's holiest rivers. It is also the major political and symbolic border contested by Israelis and Palestinians. Combining biblical and folkloric studies with historical geography, Rachel Havrelock explores how the complex religious and mythological representations of the river have shaped the current conflict in the Middle East. Havrelock contends that the intractability of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict stems from the nationalist myths of the Hebrew Bible, where the Jordan is defined as a border of the Promised Land. Both Israelis and Palestinians claim the Jordan as a necessary boundary of an indivisible homeland. Examining the Hebrew Bible alongside ancient and modern maps of the Jordan, Havrelock chronicles the evolution of Israel's borders based on nationalist myths while uncovering additional myths that envision Israel as a bi-national state. These other myths, she proposes, provide roadmaps for future political configurations of the nation. Ambitious and masterly in its scope, River Jordan brings a fresh, provocative perspective to the ongoing struggle in this violence-riddled region.

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