Hidden histories Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean /
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Pluto Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10479756 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : understanding the history of the eastern Mediterranean
- Ancient myths, religions, and cultures. "Canaan nails" : idealized perceptions and their uses ; Polytheistic origins of monotheism ; Sacred sites, pagan roots ; Ugaritic revelations : what an ancient city tells us ; Wheels of fortune : the alphabet
- Modern myths and (de)colonized history. "Last of the Phoenicians" : identity questions ; Appropriation : Zionist cultural takeover ; Self-colonization : symptoms and outcomes ; Cats of Jerusalem ; Politics of place names ; Epilogue : retrieving the ancient subaltern.