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THE INVENTION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE by Shlomo Sand Verso, London & New York, 2009 (Ist published in Hebrew by Resling, 2008) ISBN 978-I-84467-422-0 (335pp hc) Available: www.versobooks.com THE INVENTION OF TH JEWISH PEOPLE Ti myths and misconceptions that have been part of Jewish, Zionist and Israeli history are exposed in this controversial book by Tel Aviv University contemporary historian Shlomo Sand. (The book was a best- seller when first published in 2008 in Hebrew.) More products of 19th- century historiographers working in response to the rise of European nationalism, these myths have led to he creation of a non-democratic state that regards itself as working for he interests of the "Jewish" people rather than all Israeli citizens, including Arabs. Notions of "God's chosen people", "the ancestral land" and "diaspora" are merely "reconstructions within Israel of the national past"; but questioning them is nothing short of heretical in the eyes of Zionists. Sand asks if there really was a first- century exile of the Jews, suggests that most Jews are descendants of converts scattered from the Middle East to Eastern Europe, and argues that there never was a Jewish race as such but only a Jewish religion. He investigates the Old Testament as "mythistory" and the enigmatic origin of Eastern Europe's Jews. He discusses the future of ethnocracy in the age of globalisation and calls on REVI EWS QUALITY HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS! VITAMINS, MINERALS, THE INVENTION OF THE JEWISH _ Israel to develop a policy of PURE MSM, PERSONAL PEOPLE democratic multiculturalism that CARE, HOME CARE, by Shlomo Sand grants Palestino-Israelis genuine Verso, London & New York, 2009 (Ist equality and prone d BOOKS & MORE! published in Hebrew by Resling, 2008) Sand's explosive treatise provides ISBN 978-1-84467-422-0 (335pp hc) an intellectual foundation for a OMNIHEALTH Ete OF HEA better, more compassionate and Available: www.versobooks.com : ' : : inclusive Israel in the future. THE SECRET SOCIETY OF MOSES by Flavio Barbiero HI nner Traditions, Rochester, USA, 2010 INVENTION SBN 978-159477-273-3 (504pp tpb) TAKE NUMEROLOGY A Available: www.innertraditions.com QUANTUM LEAP FORWARD SVA/TC ithout Moses, there would be no W ISH Judaism or Christianity, says ee PEC )PI E Flavio Barbiero in his compelling A TOOLS TO some a historical exposé. 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Vestiges of this secret priesthood can = He investigates the Old Testament —_ be seen in European mediaeval OMNIHEALTH as "mythistory" and the enigmatic heraldry. The Mosaic line lives on a ee eye origin of Eastern Europe's Jews. He through modern secret societies such discusses the fu ure of ethnocracy in a¢ Freemasonry, says Barbiero in his the age of globalisation and calls on surprising rewrite of history. Israel to develop a policy of democratic multiculturalism that grants Palestino-Israelis genuine equality and autonomy. Sand's explosive treatise provides an intellectual foundation for a better, more compassionate and inclusive Israel in the future. NEXUS ¢ 77 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com