Newt Gingrich has been highly criticized for saying during an interview on a Jewish cable channel that the Palestinians “are in fact Arabs,” and that they are an “invented people.” In my post today, I offer three different statements about the invention of a people. Read my post today and then decide which people are an invented people.
The link: An Invented People: Israel or the Palestinians?
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Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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Hey Dr. Mariottini. The link does not appear to be working. I’d love to read this article.
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Diana,
Here is the link: An Invented People.
My blog has moved to my new web page. Here is the link: http://claudemariottini.com
In a few days, I am planning to link your blog to my blog. I hope you link my new blog to your blog.
Claude Mariottini
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I’ve understood Palestine to be the name of the land where the Cananite peoples dwelt. The name was never associated with a people group, but rather the land. Its similar to Africa being the name of the land mass and the various nations and peoples have their own names. There is not one people group that could be exclusively called Africans. Similarly, the term Palestine was the name of the land. And the people?
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Alexi,
The name for the people whom we call Palestinians became to designate the people after the conquest of the Ottoman Empire.
Claude Mariottini
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