Contents

Introduction

Part I: Theological Myths
1. The Myth of the "Promise": Promised Land or Conquered Land?
a. In Contemporary Christian Exegesis
b. In the Prophetic Jewish Exegesis
2. The Myth of the "Chosen People"
3. The Myth of Joshua: Ethnic Purification

Part II: The Myths of the 20th Century
1. The Myth of Zionist Antifascism
2. The Myth of the Justice of Nuremberg
3. The Myth of the Holocaust
4. The Myth of "A Land Without a People for a People Without a Land"

Part III: The Political Use of the Myth
1. The Israeli-Zionist Lobby in the United States
2. The Israeli-Zionist Lobby in France
3. The Myth of the Israeli Miracle: The External Financing of Israel