Coming to Terms with the Past: Israel
David Cesarani examines the effects of a long history on a new nation state.
David Cesarani examines the effects of a long history on a new nation state.
Richard Cavendish describes the formation of the state of Israel, proclaimed by David Ben-Gurion, on May 14th, 1948.
Keith Feldman explores the multi period sites in northern Israel dating from the Iron Age to the late Byzantine era.
With their differing approaches Weizmann and Ben-Gurion were the founding fathers of the state of Israel. Inspired by Herzl they laboured to give Zionism unity, force, world respect and, ultimately, a homeland.
Robert Graves, working from Greek and Latin sources, and Joshua Podro, working from Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac sources, completed a detailed restoration of the original Nazarene Gospel in 1952. Here is a sample of their findings.