Shlomo Sand
Israeli historian and former professor of modern history at Tel Aviv University, best known for controversial works on Jewish historiography such as The Invention of the Jewish People, which challenges conventional narratives about Jewish national origins.
Books
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1. Comment Le Peuple Juif Fut Inventé
The author argues that the notion of a single, continuous Jewish people descended directly from ancient Israel is largely a modern invention: nationalist historiography, political needs and selective readings of history reshaped diverse communities into a singular national narrative. Drawing on historical, archaeological and demographic evidence, he challenges the standard Exodus–diaspora–return storyline, suggests that many Jewish communities arose through local conversions and mixed origins rather than mass exile, and contends that Zionist politics helped construct a unifying myth of common ancestry. The book presents a revisionist, provocative critique of received histories and calls for rethinking identity, memory and the political uses of the past.