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A historical tour de force the invention of the jewish people offers a groundbreaking account of jewish and israeli history exploding the myth that there was a forced jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the romans israeli historian shlomo sand argues that most modern jews descend from converts whose native lands were scattered across the middle east and eastern europe. The invention of the jewish people hebrew romanized matai veech humtza haam hayehudi literally when and how was the jewish people invented is a study of the historiography of the jewish people by shlomo sand professor of history at tel aviv universityit has generated a heated controversy. The invention of the jewish people is an interesting yet controversial scholarly book about jewish history through the eyes of leading historian shlomo sand what makes this book controversial is the fact that the author denies such a thing as a jewish race that were descendents of the first exiles with everything that it entails. The invention of the jewish people is an indispensable challenge and a very complex intellectual exercisea more secure society than israel would include the book in the core curriculum of its school system avraham burg