Bestselling evaluation of the national myth of the jewish exile, by leading israeli historian. Offers a thought-provoking examination of jewish history and identity. Shlomo sand and the invention of the jewish people:

Shlomo sand of tel aviv university in israel argues in his book the invention of the jewish people, translated into english last year, that most modern jews do not descend from the ancient land of … Exploding the myth that there was a forced jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the romans, israeli historian shlomo sand argues that most modern jews descend from converts, whose native … Wrong, says the historian shlomo sand, in one of the most fascinating and challenging books published here in a long time. There was never a jewish people, only a jewish religion, and the exile also never … The invention of the jewish people by shlomo sand begins with a challenge to conventional memory and insists on a reordering of historical knowledge. Sand interrogates the dominant narrative of … Sand was born in linz, austria, to polish jewish holocaust survivors.

The invention of the jewish people by shlomo sand begins with a challenge to conventional memory and insists on a reordering of historical knowledge. Sand interrogates the dominant narrative of … Sand was born in linz, austria, to polish jewish holocaust survivors. His cultural background was grounded in yiddish culture.