According to historian shaul stampfer even though its a wonderful story the mass conversion of khazars to judaism never took place according to daniel lazare the invention of jewish people is messy polemic helter skelter tendentious and ill informed. The invention of the jewish people is littered with references that may baffle a non jewish reader yet it is worth sticking with because it builds and builds and builds sand starts by establishing his own impeccable jewish ethnic credentials very important before exploring the european origins of ethno nationalism after this slow start sand builds his case refuting the concept that there is a jewish race he argues that the jewish belief in the wandering tribes of israel . The invention of the jewish people by shlomo sand the invention of the jewish people is an interesting yet controversial scholarly book about jewish history through the eyes of leading historian shlomo sand what makes this book controversial is the fact that the author denies such a thing as a jewish race that were descendents of the first exiles with everything that it entails this 344 page book is composed of the following five major chapters 1 making nations sovereignty and equality. The invention of the jewish people english edition ebook shlomo sand yael lotan amazonde kindle shop