THE CHOSEN PEOPLES
America, Israel, and the Ordeals of Divine Election
Author: Gitlin, Todd
Author: Leibovitz, Liel

Review Date: August 1, 2010
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Price ( Hardback ): $26.00
Publication Date: September 14, 2010
ISBN ( Hardback ): 978-1-4391-3235-7
Category: Nonfiction

A treatise on the roots and consequences of believing that one’s people and oneself are chosen by God, specifically in the cases of Israel and the United States.

In the first half of the book, Gitlin (Journalism and Sociology/Columbia Univ.; ...

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