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Law and Ideology in Monarchic Israel
Continuum International Publishing 1991; US$ 140.00Three major essays by Baruch Halpern, Brian Peckham and Paul E. Dion deal with traumatic changes in Israelite culture, in particular the transition from the traditional culture of Israel in Iron Age IIA (tenth-ninth centuries) to a new, more widely literate culture in the eighth-seventh centuries BCE. These essays throw into relief changes in legal,... more...
Ahab Agonistes
Continuum International Publishing 2007; US$ 170.00The European Seminar in Historical Methodology is committed to debating issues surrounding the history of ancient Israel and Judah with the aim of developing methodological principles for writing a history of the period. In this particular session the topic chosen was the Omride dynastyits rise and falland the subsequent Jehu dynasty,... more...
Imperialism and Jewish Society
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 35.00This provocative new history of Palestinian Jewish society in antiquity marks the first comprehensive effort to gauge the effects of imperial domination on this people. Probing more than eight centuries of Persian, Greek, and Roman rule, Seth Schwartz reaches some startling conclusions--foremost among them that the Christianization of the Roman Empire... more...
Zionist Israel and Apartheid South Africa
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 138.00This book is a comparison of two ethnic-national "apartheid" states ? South Africa and Israel ? which have been in conflict, and how internal dissent has developed. In particular it examines the evolution of effective white protest in South Africa and explores the reasons why comparably powerful movements have not emerged in Israel. The book... more...
Impossible Peace
Zed Books 2008; US$ 25.95Mark LeVine argues that Oslo was never going to bring peace of justice to Palestinians or Israelis. He claims that the accords collapsed not because of a failure to live up to the agreements; but precisely because of the terms of and ideologies underlying the agreements. more...
A Durable Peace
Grand Central Publishing 2009; US$ 16.99This examination of the Middle East's troubled history traces the origins, development and politics of Israel's relationship with the Arab world and the West. It argues that peace with the Palestinians will leave Israel vulnerable to Iraq and Iran. more...
Modern Judaism and Historical Consciousness
BRILL 2007; US$ 216.00Draws on the relationship between modern Judaism and historical thinking in Europe, the United States and Israel from the Enlightenment to the present. This work interprets the interaction and the tensions between Jewish historiography and other disciplines such as literature, theology, sociology and philosophy. more...
Making History
BRILL 2006; US$ 212.00The encounter between interpretation and history in the writings of Josephus provides the conceptual framework for this collection of essays. In particular, the question of historical method, both ancient and modern, is explored from a variety of perspectives. more...
Studies in Josephus and the Varieties of Ancient Judaism
BRILL 2006; US$ 166.00Includes articles that relate to the fields studies by Prof Feldman such as biblical interpretation, Judaism and Hellenism, Jews and Gentiles, Josephus, Jewish Literatures of the Second Temple, Mishnah and Talmud periods History of the Mishnah and Talmud periods, Jerusalem, and more. more...









