Eran Shalev is associate professor in the History Department at Haifa University, Israel, and the author of Rome Reborn on Western Shores: Historical Imagination and the Creation of the American Republic.
"American Zion" offers a revelatory account of how Hebraism shaped
the American political, literary, and religious imagination during
the first century of our national life. Eran Shalev demonstrates
unforgettably that when Americans referred to themselves as the new
Israel, they were not speaking metaphorically. Eric Nelson, Harvard
University
--Eric Nelson"
An illuminating study of the Old Testament s political influence
from the American Revolution to the Civil War. Shalev has made an
outstanding contribution to the conversation around one of the most
accepted religious constructions of American exceptionalism in
recent historiography. James P. Byrd, Vanderbilt University
--James P. Byrd"
In this erudite, readable, and exciting new book, Eran Shalev takes
the reader to previously uncharted biblical waters He breaks new
ground by presenting a unified vision of an American political
theology. I would present this book as an exemplary model for how
to do history in relation to theology. Shalom Goldman, Duke
University
--Shalom Goldman"
This well-researched, creatively argued, historiographically
well-informed, and genuinely insightful book is an impressive piece
of work and should have a broad appeal." Mark Noll, University of
Notre Dame
--Mark Noll"
"An illuminating study of the Old Testament's political influence
from the American Revolution to the Civil War. Shalev has made an
outstanding contribution to the conversation around one of the most
accepted religious constructions of American exceptionalism in
recent historiography."--James P. Byrd, Vanderbilt University
--James P. Byrd
"In this erudite, readable, and exciting new book, Eran Shalev
takes the reader to previously uncharted biblical waters He breaks
new ground by presenting a unified vision of an "American political
theology." I would present this book as an exemplary model for how
to "do" history in relation to theology."--Shalom Goldman, Duke
University
""American Zion" offers a revelatory account of how Hebraism shaped
the American political, literary, and religious imagination during
the first century of our national life. Eran Shalev demonstrates
unforgettably that when Americans referred to themselves as the
"new Israel," they were not speaking metaphorically."-- Eric
Nelson, Harvard University
"This well-researched, creatively argued, historiographically
well-informed, and genuinely insightful book is an impressive piece
of work and should have a broad appeal."--Mark Noll, University of
Notre Dame
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