Includes bibliographical references (pages [336]-354) and index.
'The Bible is our mandate' : Zionism, the Hebrew Bible and the Palestinian catastrophe, 1881-1967 -- Biblical prophecy and Christian imperialism : Christian Zionism, Armageddon theology and the battle for Jerusalem -- From secularism to messianism : the theology and geopolitics of neo-Zionism, 1967-2006 -- Jewish fundamentalism, the Bible and the 'sacred geography' of Jerusalem : implications for inter-faith relations -- Reinventing Maimonides : from universalist philosopher to neo-Zionist messianic, 1967-2006 -- Palestinian religious nationalism, decolonisation and the biblical paradigm : Hamas, Zionism and resisting the occupation -- Is the Hebrew Bible historical? The invention of a tradition and the challenge of archaeology for biblical scholarship and nationalist historiography -- The Bible, post-colonialism and the moral critique : Michael Prior, Palestinian liberation theology and the biblical academy -- Cultural resistance and the secular humanist challenge : Edward W. Said, Zionism and rethinking the question of Palestine