Temple denial
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Temple Denial is a term that has recently entered general use to refer to the phenomenon of denial of ancient Jewish history in the Land of Israel.
The term is used by Ambassador Dore Gold in his 2007 book, The Fight for Jerusalem: Radical Islam, the West, and the Future of the Holy City.
Israeli intellectual David Hazony asserts that "Palestinian leaders, writers, and scholars have embarked on a campaign of intellectual erasure... aimed at undermining the Jewish claim to any part of the land." and compared the phenomenon to Holocaust denial. [1]
Archaeologist Dr. Gabriel Barkai has called Temple Denial part of a "cultural Intifada," saying that it is "worse than Holocaust denial." [2]
Some post-colonial academics endorse Temple Denial. Professor Nadia Abu El Haj has published a book in which she asserts that the ancient Israelite kingdoms are a "pres political fabrication.
Temple Denial is usually the province of anti-Israel media, the Palestinian Authority [3] [4] and Palestinian academics.
[edit] References
- ^ New York Sun, March 7, 2007 http://www.nysun.com/article/49985?page_no=2
- ^ Arutz Sheva Apr 14, 2005 http://www.templeinstitute.org/archive/14-04-05.htm
- ^ Hendel, Ron, Was There a Temple in Jerusalem?, Bible Review, October 2003 http://www.bib-arch.org/TempleWall/bswbTempleWallSubPage.asp?PubID=BSBR&Volume=19&Issue=5&ArticleID=5&
- ^ http://www.bib-arch.org/TempleWall/bswbTempleWallMainPage.asp
