Sacred landscape : the buried history of the Holy Land since 1948 / Meron Benvenisti ; translated by Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta.

Main entry:

Benvenisti, Meron, 1934-2020

Title & Author:

Sacred landscape : the buried history of the Holy Land since 1948 / Meron Benvenisti ; translated by Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000.

Description:

366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-352) and index.
The Hebrew map -- White patches -- Exodus -- Ethnic cleansing -- Uprooted and planted -- The signposts of memory -- Saints, peasants, and conquerors -- The last Zionists.

Summary:

"As a Young Man, Meron Benvenisti often accompanied his father, a distinguished geographer, when the elder Benvenisti traveled through the Holy Land charting a Hebrew map that would rename Palestinian sites and villages with names linked to Israel's ancestral homeland. Benvenisti's youthful experiences are central to this book, and his story helps explain how an Arab landscape, both physical and human, was transformed into an Israeli, Jewish state." "Benvenisti discusses the process by which new Hebrew nomenclature replaced the Arabic names of more than 9,000 natural features, villages, and ruins in Eretz Israel/Palestine. He then explains how the Arab landscape has been transformed through war, destruction, and expulsion into a flourishing Jewish homeland accommodating millions of immigrants. The resulting encounters between two peoples who claim the same land have raised great moral and political dilemmas, which Benvenisti presents with candor and impartiality."--Jacket.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0520211545 (alk. paper)
9780520211544 (alk. paper)
9790520234221 (pbk.)

Subject:

Israel
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 Refugees.
Names, Geographical Israel History.
Arab-Israeli conflict Social aspects.
Villages Israel History.
Palestinian Arabs Israel History 20th century.
Guerre israélo-arabe, 1948-1949 Réfugiés.
Noms géographiques Israël Histoire.
Conflit israélo-arabe Aspect social.
Villages Israël Histoire.
Palestiniens Israël Histoire 20e siècle.
Ethnic relations
Historical geography
Names, Geographical
Palestinian Arabs
Refugees
Villages
Geografischer Name
Historische Geografie
Namensänderung
Nahostkonflikt
Arabisch-Israëlisch conflict.
Palestijnen.
Geografische namen.
Jewish-Arab relations.
Israel Historical geography.
Israel Ethnic relations.
Israel History War of Independence, 1948-1949.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 214939
Call No.: DS126.954 .B4 2000
Status: Available

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