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HOLY LAND, WHOSE LAND ? Modern Dilemma, Ancient Roots. Second Edition Revised.
[Buy it!] | Drummond, Dorothy | USD 16.00
(Fri May 24 18:03:14 2024) | Abebooks | Chris Fessler, Bookseller | ISBN10: 0974823325, ISBN13: 9780974823324, [publisher: Terre Haute IN. 2004. Fairhurst Press] Softcover First Edition purple & full color photo illustrated trade paperback soft cover 8vo. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. spine uncreased. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. first printing (#1 in # line) of this edition. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~. xx+329p.+ colophon. 31 b&w maps.4 charts. 23 b&w photos. glossary: terms. glossary: people. glossary: places. sources. index. world history. middle east history. history of israel. politics.religion. ancient history. medieval history. biblical studies. ~ Day after day we are presented with horrific images from the Holy Land: snipers, suicide bombings, homes reduced to rubble, children dying on their way to school. An ironically twisted David and Goliath story pits slingshot armed teenagers against attack helicopters. Outside a still smoldering restaurant a father cradles the breathless body of his young daughter. Year upon year, new diplomatic agreements are intricately pieced together, only to lay in tatters on the summit room floor, or, more often, in the bloody streets of Jerusalem or Ramallah. We shake our heads at every new incidence of violence and wonder if lasting peace is possible. What is it about this land that seems to defy all efforts to make peace? Dorothy Drummond wonders with us. She has observed the perplexing paradoxes of the region. Through firsthand investigations and scholarly research, Drummond has concluded that the answer lies in the dusts of the Holy Land's distant past. She takes her readers through the four thousand years of this land's history; the countless tribes who have lived there, the endless stream of empires that have conquered it. This is a history that continues to frustrate peace negotiations today.
[Howell, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
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