Review Article
The Long History of The Holy Land
Where Do the Muslims Fit in?
Author(s): Robert G. Hoyland & H. G. M. Williamson & Simon Schama
Reviewed by: Harfiyah Ball Haleem, London, UK
Review
THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE HOLY LAND. Edited by Robert G. Hoyland and H. G. M. Williamson. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press 2018. Pp. 402. ISBN: 9780198724391.
THE STORY OF THE JEWS: FINDING THE WORDS: 1000 BCE–1492 CE. By Simon Schama. London: Vintage Books 2014. Pp. 496. ISBN: 978099546689.
BELONGING: THE STORY OF THE JEWS: 1492–1900. By Simon Schama. London: The Bodley Head 2017. Pp. 790. ISBN: 9780099590064.
FINDING PEACE IN THE HOLY LAND: A BRITISH MUSLIM MEMOIR. By Lauren Booth. Markfield: Kube Publishing Ltd. 2018. Pp. 304. ISBN: 9781847741202.
Closely entwined with the history of Islam and Muslims from its very beginning with Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon him), the history of the Jews and the ‘Holy Land’ is of great interest to both communities.