Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

Raheb’s decolonizing thesis situates the suffering of Palestinians within the geopolitics of empire. It presumes a reading of the Bible from the geopolitical perspective of the time in which Biblical texts were set: it invests in a hermeneutic of suspicion with respect to their current reception. This framing is both understandable and necessary given the way in which the Bible and theologies of election and land have been deployed to justify settler colonialism and garner international support."—Clive Pearson, in International Journal of Public Theology   "An excellent book for both newcomers to the geopolitics of Palestine-Israel and those already engaged with the topic. The latter will find a new and productive theological framework for Palestine-Israel, and the former can begin to see through the smokescreen of the assumed “complication” that surrounds this topic with more clarity and nuance." — Lindsay Cowett, Reading Religion   "A deeply poignant book, especially in the context