Abstract
Scholarship analyzing Zionist perceptions of historical remains in Palestine focuses mainly on biblical and Jewish remains. This article analyses responses to material culture which did not fit neatly into Zionist discourse. Crusader remains were a prominent and visible physical presence in the country’s cultural landscape, yet they related not to a glorious Jewish past but to a time considered traumatic in Jewish history. This article studies the popular perception and interpretation of these remains by Zionist immigrants and travellers at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 337-358 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Jewish Culture and History |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Sep 2019 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- First and Second Aliyah
- Zionism and crusade
- archaeology and nationalism
- crusader material culture
- crusader medievalism
- perception of material culture
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- History
- Sociology and Political Science