Bestselling work by a member of the famed Montefiore family. Review by “New Historian” scholar Benny Morris is positive for the most part, pointing out that this vast history is not a political analysis. Highly readable though long (544 pages before the notes).
The authors describe this work as the first synthesis of Jerusalem as a global city and look to at the city from the standpoint of a crossroads and not a “clash of civilizations.”
From 1988-2008 the leaders of Palestinian Christian churches, including the Latin, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran Churches and many more have united in a single voice to address crises including Oslo, post-Oslo, and the 2nd Intifada. This book records these statements.
Caridi presents a beautifully written, sensuous, and poetic description of Jerusalem that is intertwined with the grief and anger of the power and control issues that have determined its story.
A critique of Christian Zionism following the logic: if the New Testament and early church were not about the land then why are evangelicals involved in territorial claims in Israel?
Foundational Zionism text published in 1896. The book proposes that Jews establish an independent state in order to have a secure place to live away from ghettoization, pogroms, and associated injustice and terror.
Almost-centenarian Guenter Lewy has written an unusual history that focuses on the history of the relationship between Germany and Germany’s Jews primarily from the end of WWI through reunification. He lifts up the attempts of Jewish organizational initiatives to gain and regain a proper and functioning position within Nazi government and society, and post-war history in the separated East Germany and West Germany. This work focuses far less on the Holocaust and Zionism/Israel than most histories of 20th century Jews.
This is the first title on Palestinian liberation theology published by Ateek, founder of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center (Jerusalem). This is a Christian theological interpretation of the Palestinian experience in Israel, and establishes the framework for interfaith address to the first Intifada, ongoing at the time of publication.
This Christian Palestinian manifesto was adopted in 2009. It declared the occupation as a "sin against God" and that any theology that tolerates it cannot be Christian "because true Christian theology is a theology of love and solidarity with the oppressed, a call to justice and equality among peoples." The World Council of Churches has not adopted it, and it has received criticism from both the Antidefamation League and the Simon Wiesenthal Center among others.
Kumi translates as “Get up.” This is a 52-week curriculum and action plan for participating in nonviolent action to support justice in Palestine.