The Invention of the Jewish People

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In the audiobook, Sand disputes the historical veracity of the narrative of forced exile of Jews from Palestine under the Romans, arguing instead that most modern Jews descend from converts to Judaism whose native lands were in locations across the Middle East & Eastern Europe. Sand began his work by looking for research studies about forcible exile of Jews from the region of Palestine & surrounding areas. He was astonished that he could find no such literature, he says, given that the expulsion of J

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