palestine

Examines the biblical narratives in their historical, social, archaeological, and mythological contexts and provides a section with a book-by-book summary of the Bible.

In 1922 David Bendiger, an aspiring eighteen-year-old writer, is told he has qualified for a certificate permitting him to emigrate to Palestine. His expenses are to be paid by a woman he must marry in a fictitious arrangement.

Traces the history of the Palestinian people from ancient times to the twenty-first century and examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a Palestinian perspective.

Chronicles the history of the Palestinians since World War I, describing the fight for an independent Palestinian nation, violence between Israelis and Palestinians, and several aspects of contemporary life in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The history of Palestine from the 1917 Balfour Declaration, promising Jews a national home, through the 1947 partition into Arab and Jewish Provinces.

Haj Ibrahim, leader of the village of Tabah, is forced to become a refugee and continues the fight for his people in a refugee camp near Jericho.

Presents an historical atlas that discusses the history and significance of forty-five places in the Holy Land including Israel, Lebanon, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Turkey, Greece, and Italy, and contains detailed maps, photographs, and illustrations.

Near Palestine in the 1890s, a train derails and its engineer, who was rushing to spend Hanukkah with friends, is surprised when a Bedouin who helps him says they are in the very place where the miracle of Hanukkah began.

Personalized vignettes convey the cultural, intellectual, and political life of Palestine in the 1920's and '30s as seen by a young resident.