Nir Arielli The Dead Sea review, recensie en informatie boek over de 10.000 jarige geschiedenis van de Dode Zee. Op 28 januari 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press The Dead Sea, A 10,000 Year History, geschreven door historicus Nir Arielli. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het geschiedenisboek, de schrijver en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.
Nir Arielli The Dead Sea review, recensie en informatie
- “This is a fascinating and highly readable account of the Dead Sea from remote geological ages to the present. Arielli demonstrates the importance of the Dead Sea throughout history, ending with the current environmental and political crisis created by the dramatic drop in its water level.” (Jodi Magness, author of Jerusalem through the Ages)
- “The demise of the Dead Sea is a man-made disaster that requires cooperation to reverse. Arielli’s extensive research on the Dead Sea’s religious, environmental, economic and conflict dimensions is a must read for anyone interested in joining the effort to save this natural wonder.” (Gidon Bromberg, Israel Director, EcoPeace Middle East)
The Dead Sea
A 10,000 Year History
- Auteur: Nir Arielli
- Soort boek: geschiedenisboek
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Yale University Press
- Verschijnt: 28 januari 2025
- Omvang: 304 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
- Prijs: $ 35,00
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van het boek van Nir Arielli over de geschiedenis van de Dode Zee
A human history of one of the planet’s most iconic lakes, and the civilizations that surrounded its shores.
The Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed for their healing properties, though its own waters are deadly to most lifeforms—even so, civilizations have built ancient cities and hilltop fortresses around its shores for centuries. The protagonists in its story are not only Jews and Arabs, but also Greeks, Nabataeans, Romans, Crusaders and Mamluks. Today it has become a tourist hotspot, but its drying basin is increasingly under threat.
In this panoramic account, Nir Arielli explores the history of the Dead Sea from the first Neolithic settlements to the present day. Moving through the ages, Arielli reveals the religious, economic, military, and scientific importance of the lake, which has been both a source of great wealth and a site of war. The Dead Sea weaves together a tapestry of the lake’s human stories—and amidst environmental degradation and renewed conflict, makes a powerful case for why it should be saved.
Nir Arielli is professor of international history at the University of Leeds. He is the author of From Byron to bin Laden: A History of Foreign War Volunteers and Fascist Italy and the Middle East. He has also written contemporary political commentary for the Globe Post, Haaretz, and the Conversation.