Eyal Ben-Eliyahu is Professor of Jewish History at the University of Haifa. He is the author of Handbook of Jewish Literature from Late Antiquity and Between Borders: The Boundaries of Eretz-Israel in the Consciousness of the Jewish People.

"In this erudite monograph Ben Eliyahu surveys various texts—ranging chronologically from the second temple period through early rabbinic and early Christian writings—in order to analyze, compare, and contrast how the land of Israel and areas in it (like the territory of Judah or its capital Jerusalem) were imagined. Recommended."

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction: Identity, Space, Place, and Territory1. From Judah to Israel: Territory and Identity2. Borders, Space, and Identity in Second Temple Literature3. From Earthly Land to Holy Land4. Land of the Sages5. Rabbinic Literature Confronts Nonrabbinic JewishCulture and Christianity: The Question of Holy SpacesConclusionBibliographyIndex of PlacesIndex of SourcesIndex of PersonsIndex of Subjects

Eyal Ben-Eliyahu is Professor of Jewish History at the University of Haifa. He is the author of Handbook of Jewish Literature from Late Antiquity and Between Borders: The Boundaries of Eretz-Israel in the Consciousness of the Jewish People.

"In this erudite monograph Ben Eliyahu surveys various texts—ranging chronologically from the second temple period through early rabbinic and early Christian writings—in order to analyze, compare, and contrast how the land of Israel and areas in it (like the territory of Judah or its capital Jerusalem) were imagined. Recommended."

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction: Identity, Space, Place, and Territory1. From Judah to Israel: Territory and Identity2. Borders, Space, and Identity in Second Temple Literature3. From Earthly Land to Holy Land4. Land of the Sages5. Rabbinic Literature Confronts Nonrabbinic JewishCulture and Christianity: The Question of Holy SpacesConclusionBibliographyIndex of PlacesIndex of SourcesIndex of PersonsIndex of Subjects

Eyal Ben-Eliyahu is Professor of Jewish History at the University of Haifa. He is the author of Handbook of Jewish Literature from Late Antiquity and Between Borders: The Boundaries of Eretz-Israel in the Consciousness of the Jewish People.

"In this erudite monograph Ben Eliyahu surveys various texts—ranging chronologically from the second temple period through early rabbinic and early Christian writings—in order to analyze, compare, and contrast how the land of Israel and areas in it (like the territory of Judah or its capital Jerusalem) were imagined. Recommended."

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction: Identity, Space, Place, and Territory1. From Judah to Israel: Territory and Identity2. Borders, Space, and Identity in Second Temple Literature3. From Earthly Land to Holy Land4. Land of the Sages5. Rabbinic Literature Confronts Nonrabbinic JewishCulture and Christianity: The Question of Holy SpacesConclusionBibliographyIndex of PlacesIndex of SourcesIndex of PersonsIndex of Subjects