Trees of the Land of Israel
Author: Yoav Waisel
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13:
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Planted Flags
Author: Irus Braverman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-07-31
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780521760027
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlanted Flags tells an extraordinary story about the mundane uses of law and landscape in the war between Israelis and Palestinians. The book is structured around the two dominant tree landscapes in Israel/Palestine: pine forests and olive groves. The pine tree, which is usually associated with the Zionist project of afforesting the Promised Land, is contrasted with the olive tree, which Palestinians identify as a symbol of their steadfast connection to the land. What is it that makes these seemingly innocuous, even natural, acts of planting, cultivating, and uprooting trees into acts of war? How is this war reflected, mediated, and, above all, reinforced through the polarization of the natural landscape into two juxtaposed landscapes? And what is the role of law in this story? Planted Flags explores these questions through an ethnographic study. By telling the story of trees through the narratives of military and government officials, architects, lawyers, Palestinian and Israeli farmers, and Jewish settlers, the seemingly static and mute landscape assumes life, expressing the cultural, economic, and legal dynamics that constantly shape and reshape it.
Life in Biblical Israel
Author: Philip J. King
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 472
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All the Trees of the Forest
Author: Alon Tal
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013-10-22
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 0300189508
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDIVIn this insightful and provocative book, Alon Tal provides a detailed account of Israeli forests, tracing their history from the Bible to the present, and outlines the effort to transform drylands and degraded soils into prosperous parks, rangelands, and ecosystems. Tal’s description of Israel’s trials and errors, and his exploration of both the environmental history and the current policy dilemmas surrounding that country's forests, will provide valuable lessons in the years to come for other parts of the world seeking to reestablish timberlands./div
Trees of the Land of Israel
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Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 126
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Author: Yoav Waisel
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnder Vine and Fig Tree
Author: Alain Epp Weaver
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781931038454
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRooted in Mennonite Central Committees nearly six decades of work alongside Palestinians and Israelis, "Under Vine and Fig Tree" examines ways in which the Bible has been used to justify violence and dispossession, and ways it can be received as a life-giving word for Palestinians and Israelis wishing to live securely under their own vines and fig trees. (Christian)
Trees, Earth, and Torah
Author: Ari Elon
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780827607170
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring childbirth from within a Jewish tradition, the author of New Lifedraws on folklore, prayers, folk remedies, and biblical, rabbinical, and mystical literature to discuss Jewish beliefs, values, and customs concerning the birth of a child. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Reprint.
In the Land of Israel
Author: Amos Oz
Publisher: HMH
Published: 1993-10-31
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 0547540779
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA snapshot of Israel and the West Bank in the 1980s, through the voices of its inhabitants, from the National Jewish Book Award–winning author of Judas. Notebook in hand, renowned author and onetime kibbutznik Amos Oz traveled throughout his homeland to talk with people—workers, soldiers, religious zealots, aging pioneers, desperate Arabs, visionaries—asking them questions about Israel’s past, present, and future. Observant or secular, rich or poor, native-born or new immigrant, they shared their points of view, memories, hopes, and fears, and Oz recorded them. What emerges is a distinctive portrait of a changing nation and a complex society, supplemented by Oz’s own observations and reflections, that reflects an insider’s view of a country still forming its own identity. In the Land of Israel is “an exemplary instance of a writer using his craft to come to grips with what is happening politically and to illuminate certain aspects of Israeli society that have generally been concealed by polemical formulas” (The New York Times).
Planted Flags
Author: Irus Braverman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-03-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781107692275
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlanted Flags tells an extraordinary story about the mundane uses of law and landscape in the war between Israelis and Palestinians. The book is structured around the two dominant tree landscapes in Israel/Palestine: pine forests and olive groves. The pine tree, which is usually associated with the Zionist project of afforesting the Promised Land, is contrasted with the olive tree, which Palestinians identify as a symbol of their steadfast connection to the land. What is it that makes these seemingly innocuous, even natural, acts of planting, cultivating, and uprooting trees into acts of war? How is this war reflected, mediated, and, above all, reinforced through the polarization of the natural landscape into two juxtaposed landscapes? And what is the role of law in this story? Planted Flags explores these questions through an ethnographic study. By telling the story of trees through the narratives of military and government officials, architects, lawyers, Palestinian and Israeli farmers, and Jewish settlers, the seemingly static and mute landscape assumes life, expressing the cultural, economic, and legal dynamics that constantly shape and reshape it.
