Palestine, Nur Masalha
Palestine, Nur Masalha
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Palestine
A Four Thousand Year History

Author: Nur Masalha

Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi

Unabridged: 16 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/21/2021

Synopsis

This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history.

Starting with the earliest references in Egyptian and Assyrian texts, Nur Masalha explores how Palestine and its Palestinian identity have evolved over thousands of years, from the Bronze Age to the present day. Drawing on a rich body of sources and the latest archaeological evidence, Masalha shows how Palestine's multicultural past has been distorted and mythologised by Biblical lore and the Israel–Palestinian conflict.

In the process, Masalha reveals that the concept of Palestine, contrary to accepted belief, is not a modern invention or one constructed in opposition to Israel, but rooted firmly in ancient past. Palestine represents the authoritative account of the country's history.

About Nur Masalha

Nur Masalha is a Palestinian academic and historian and former director of the Centre for Religion and History at St. Mary's University, London. He is currently a member of the Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London. He is the editor of Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies, published by Edinburgh University Press. He is also the author and editor of numerous books on Palestine, including Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History; An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba; Theologies of Liberation in Palestine-Israel: Indigenous, Contextual, and Postcolonial Perspectives; The Zionist Bible: Biblical Precedent, Colonialism and the Erasure of Memory; The Palestine Nakba: Decolonising History, Narrating the Subaltern, Reclaiming Memory; The Bible and Zionism; The Politics of Denial: Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Problem: Imperial Israel and the Palestinians: The Politics of Expansion; A Land Without a People; and Expulsion of the Palestinians: The Concept of 'Transfer' in Zionist Political Thought, 1882-1948. Professor Masalha also currently serves as a judge on the panel for the Palestine Book Award (London).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elliot on December 03, 2018

Masalha attempts a lot with this book, and many of his positions are unlikely to be accepted by other scholars considered perhaps more neutral and less sensational in style. For instance, the use of the word ‘Palestine’ in all its iterations, is unlikely to be accepted as term most commonly used nam......more

Goodreads review by A.G. on March 25, 2019

It was heart-warming to know that Tunisians and Palestinians are related to the Phoenician population. And also roughly the same length of time spanned by their history. Tunisia(3000years),Palastine (4000years). And of course, this is a must read book to understand the on-going palestinian-Israeli c......more

Goodreads review by Martin on October 26, 2018

"Masalha clearly demonstrates the way that the history of Palestine, a history where Jews, Arabs, Christians and others lived together peacefully for long periods of time, has been ignored, erased and destroyed in the interests of the modern Israeli state. This is detailed history that restores the......more

Goodreads review by Mauricio on September 02, 2018

This is the best history of Palestine. A must read if you want to understand not only what's problem with zionism but also the enormous value of this tiny land in human history.......more

Goodreads review by Quinns on June 03, 2020

Palestine is in the region on the Mediterranean Sea between Egypt and Lebanon. Over its long history, Palestine has been a melting pot of different religions, languages and ethnicities. The Palestinian Arab of today have a mixed ancestry of Greek, Philistine, Israelite, Arab, Roman and other ethnici......more

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