The Invention of the Jewish People

The Invention of the Jewish People
English first edition cover
AuthorShlomo Sand
Original title?מתי ואיך הומצא העם היהודי
TranslatorYael Lotan
LanguageHebrew
SubjectHistoriography of the Jewish people
PublisherResling (Hebrew 1st ed.)
Verso Books (English 1st ed.)
Publication date
2008
Publication placeIsrael
Published in English
2009
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages358 p. (Hebrew 1st ed.)
332 p. (English 1st ed.)
ISBN978-1-84467-422-0
OCLC317919518
LC ClassDS143.S23 2008 Hebr (Hebrew 1st ed.)

The Invention of the Jewish People (Hebrew: מתי ואיך הומצא העם היהודי?, romanized: Matai ve’ech humtza ha’am hayehudi?, literally When and How Was the Jewish People Invented?) is a study of Jewish historiography by Shlomo Sand, Professor of History at Tel Aviv University. It has generated a heated controversy.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] The book was on the best-seller list in Israel for nineteen weeks.[12]

An English translation of the book was published by Verso Books in October 2009.[13] The book has also been translated into German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, French and Russian, and as of late 2009 further translations were underway.[14][15][16][17]

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