{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-zion-promised-lands-before-israel-9781479817481","title":"In the Shadow of Zion: Promised Lands Before Israel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the late nineteenth century through the post-Holocaust\u003cbr\u003eera, the world was divided between countries that tried to expel their Jewish\u003cbr\u003epopulations and those that refused to let them in. The plight of these\u003cbr\u003etraumatized refugees inspired numerous proposals for Jewish states. Jews and\u003cbr\u003eChristians, authors and adventurers, politicians and playwrights, and rabbis\u003cbr\u003eand revolutionaries all worked to carve out autonomous Jewish territories in\u003cbr\u003eremote and often hostile locations across the globe. The would-be founding\u003cbr\u003efathers of these imaginary Zions dispatched scientific expeditions to far-flung\u003cbr\u003eregions and filed reports on the dream states they planned to create. But only\u003cbr\u003eIsrael emerged from dream to reality. Israel's successful foundation has long\u003cbr\u003eobscured the fact that eminent Jewish figures, including Zionism's prophet, \u003cbr\u003eTheodor Herzl, seriously considered establishing enclaves beyond the Middle\u003cbr\u003eEast. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Shadow of Zion brings to life the amazing true\u003cbr\u003estories of six exotic visions of a Jewish national home outside of the biblical\u003cbr\u003eland of Israel. It is the only book to detail the connections between these\u003cbr\u003eschemes, which in turn explain the trajectory of modern Zionism. A gripping\u003cbr\u003enarrative drawn from archives the world over, In the Shadow of Zion\u003cbr\u003erecovers the mostly forgotten history of the Jewish territorialist movement, \u003cbr\u003eand the stories of the fascinating but now obscure figures who championed it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProvocative, thoroughly researched, and written to appeal to\u003cbr\u003ea broad audience, In the Shadow of Zion\u003cbr\u003eoffers a timely perspective on Jewish power and powerlessness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVisit the author's website: http: \/\/www.adamrovner.com\/.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdam Rovner\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of English and Jewish Literature at the University of Denver. He holds an M.A. from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. from Indiana University-Bloomington. His articles, essays, translations and interviews have appeared in numerous scholarly journals and general interest publications. An accomplished public speaker, Rovner has addressed a variety of audiences in Canada, England, Israel, and the U.S. His short documentary on Jewish territorialism,\"No Land Without Heaven,\" has been screened at exhibitions in New York, Paris, and Tel Aviv. Further information available at www.adamrovner.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50415753560338,"sku":"9781479817481","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d079cd9-0bad-44e2-8790-2301f28e78ef.jpg?v=1729411055","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-zion-promised-lands-before-israel-9781479817481","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}