The Israel-Palestine conflict continues to be one of the most widely covered and intensely debated issues in the world today. Yet people who care deeply about Palestine often know very little about the extraordinary literary and religious traditions that emerged from this land. Our project seeks to make these traditions accessible to a broad audience, presenting them in a format that is easy to understand and in a language that speaks to people today.
We explore concepts such as indigeneity, solidarity, community relations, tribal traditions and spirituality without apologetics. Our primary focus is on the records of indigenous thought preserved in the Hebrew and Hebrew-Aramaic languages: the Bible, Midrash, Mishnah, Palestinian Talmud, Shulchan Aruch (“The Set Table”), and Etz Chaim (“The Tree of Life”). These works, rooted in the land and its communities, preserve an extraordinary record of the intellectual, religious, and spiritual life of its inhabitants across many centuries. We also consider writings produced by the indigenous people of Palestine in other languages, including Greek writings, such as the New Testament, and the Hebrew, Hebrew-Aramaic and Arabic writings of the diaspora.
For more information contact
Professor Gabriel Danzig: Gabriel.Danzig@biu.ac.il