Cross on the star of David : the Christian world in Israel's foreign policy ; 1948 - 1967 / Uri Bialer

"Cross on the Star of David presents the first scholarly analysis, based on newly declassified documents, of Israeli policymaking on the issue of the Christian world's stance toward the new state resulting from the War of Independence. Uri Bialer focuses on the impact that modes of thinkin...

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Hauptverfasser:Byâler, Ûrî
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht:Bloomington [u.a.] : Indiana Univ. Press, 2005
Schriftenreihe:Indiana series in Middle East studies
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The sense of threat emerges
The struggle for Jerusalem: the papal connection
At the gates of the Vatican
Theology and diplomacy
Missionary activity
Goat and chicken diplomacy : Israel and its Christian communities
Israel and the question of the Russian ecclesiastical assets
Land in the shadow of the cross : German Lutheran, Catholic, and Greek Orthodox property in Israel
Epilogue: on viewing the enemy and bridge building.