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Holy land, whose land? : modern dilemma, ancient roots
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- Creator
- Dorothy Drummond
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Second edition revised
- Terre Haute, Ind. : Fairhurst Press, 2004
- Physical Details
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- xx, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780974823324, 0974823325
- OCLC
- ocm56477763
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-297) and index.
- PROLOGUE: From Suleiman's Wall -- PART I: THE PRESENT: Turmoil in the Holy Land -- Birth of a Jewish state -- Occupied Territories -- Arafat's islands -- Syria and the Golan Heights -- Palestinian refugees -- People of the Holy Land -- A longing for peace -- PART II: THE PAST AS PROLOGUE: From Abraham to Arafat -- The Patriarchs -- The Exodus -- The Promised Land -- Kingdoms and power -- In the wake of empires -- Greeks and Romans -- Sources and evidence -- Jesus Christ -- The new faith spreads -- Sites of pilgrimage -- The Jewish revolts and the diaspora -- The high point of empire -- The Byzantines -- The coming of Islam -- The Crusaders -- The Turks -- The mandate years and after: roots of Arab anger -- The roots of modern Israel -- Sharon and Arafat: antagonists at seventy -- PART III: TODAY: In the vortex -- A shattering of dreams -- The wider conflict -- The only way out -- EPILOGUE: From Suleiman's Wall