For background an excellent book (available "used" only) I would like to suggest to you the following book "Whose Land?" by James Parkes The late James Parkes was a British Theologian whose post war travels brought him to the British Mandate of Palestine. In 1949 he authored the book WHOSE LAND? A History of the Peoples of Palestine (revised in 1970) published by Penguin Books. It gives a very interesting, detailed history of the geographical area know as the Land of Israel/the Holy Land/Judea and Samaria/Southern Syria/Israel/Palestine.
For a 17pg summary of the book <http://www.geocities.com/d_elazar/Parkes/parkes.html>http://www.geocities.com/d_elazar/Parkes/parkes.html See also books by Alan Dershowitz <http://www.alandershowitz.com/publications/books/>http://www.alandershowitz.com/publications/books/ The Case for Israel What Israel Means to Me David Elazar Rishon LeZion, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.geocities.com/d_elazar (home page) Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
