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oapen-20.500.12657-315672023-01-31T18:46:02Z The Land, the Bible, and History Marchadour, Alain Neuhaus, David History Bible God Holy Land Israel Jerusalem Jesus Judaism Torah bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History This unique book offers a Catholic view of the Holy Land in the debate that rages among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Alain Marchadour and David Neuhaus, two biblical scholars and priests living in Jerusalem, clearly analyze the Promised Land—as concept, history, and contested terrain—in Catholic teaching and doctrine. They offer an analytical reading of the entire Christian Bible (Old and New Testaments) with reference to the idea of the Land promised by God. They explore early and medieval attitudes, especially with regard to the Holy Places and the Jewish people. Moving carefully to the present day, they focus on anti-Semitism, the tragedy of the Shoah, Western colonialism in the Middle East, the creation of the State of Israel, and the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem as they examine Catholic reactions to the tumultuous events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the renewal of Catholic thought in the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council. 2017-03-01 23:55:55 2020-01-27 15:07:17 2020-04-01T13:40:01Z 2020-04-01T13:40:01Z 2007 book 626993 OCN: 647876533 9780823226597 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31567 eng application/pdf n/a 626993.pdf Fordham University Press 10.26530/oapen_626993 100615 10.26530/oapen_626993 f501c751-7a51-484b-b90a-ed0912c4e53f b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780823226597 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 100615 KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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This unique book offers a Catholic view of the Holy Land in the debate that rages among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Alain Marchadour and David Neuhaus, two biblical scholars and priests living in Jerusalem, clearly analyze the Promised Land—as concept, history, and contested terrain—in Catholic teaching and doctrine. They offer an analytical reading of the entire Christian Bible (Old and New Testaments) with reference to the idea of the Land promised by God. They explore early and medieval attitudes, especially with regard to the Holy Places and the Jewish people. Moving carefully to the present day, they focus on anti-Semitism, the tragedy of the Shoah, Western colonialism in the Middle East, the creation of the State of Israel, and the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem as they examine Catholic reactions to the tumultuous events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the renewal of Catholic thought in the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council.
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