Originally published in JJSO 27:2 (1985), pp. 149-51. Eliezer Schweid, The Land of Israel: National Home or Land of Destiny, translated from the Hebrew by Deborah Greniman, 225 pp., Associated University Presses, London and Toronto, 1985, £18.50. Eliezer Schweid, in this stimulating, closely argued book, examines attitudes towards Eretz Yisrael through four distinct periods. In the Biblical…
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