From Yahweh to Zion

by Laurent Guyénot, Kevin Barrett (Translator)

Who is Yahweh? Where did he come from? How did this jealous, vengeful, exclusivist god shape the destiny of his chosen people? Can we trace a direct connection, through twenty-five centuries, linking the cult of Yahweh to contemporary Zionism? It all starts with the Old Testament, the ur-text for any serious inquiry into the Jewish question. That book – more correctly known as the Torah – does not simply recount the history of a people. It gives the children of Israel the keys to their divinely-ordained destiny. It was Jacob, son of Isaac, who returned from exile and took the name a name inherited by the whole Jewish people long before it designated a nation-state. That single name unites the patriarch, the people, and the promised land. The history of the Jewish people is intertwined with the history of humanity. What role did Jews play in the fall of Byzantium? How have they influenced the Christian church? What role did they play in the two terrible “European civil wars” of the first half of the twentieth century? Yahweh’s people has always lived apart from the rest of humanity, endlessly reproducing the same Biblical the Babylon captivity, the flight from Egypt, the Book of Esther. This psychological template for the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob unites them, alone against the world, from the vengeance holiday of Purim to the sacralized memory of the Holocaust. Even the creation of the modern nation-state of Israel has had no effect on the “invisible walls” of the “Jewish prison.” This book is not just a scholarly inquiry into the history of an idea. It is also an appeal to our Jewish brothers and sisters to liberate themselves from a mythology that imprisons them in a schizophrenic relationship to the world. Alternately a chosen people and a cursed people, a people carrying a divine message and a people who kill the divine messengers, eternal guides to humanity and its eternal To be born Jewish is to be born beneath the heavy weight of 2,500 years of history.

Genres: History, Religion, Judaism

494 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2018

About the author

After earning an engineering degree (National School of Advanced Technology, 1982), Laurent Guyénot pursued his interests in the history and anthropology of religions, earning his doctorate in Medieval Studies (PhD in Medieval Studies at Paris IV-Sorbonne, 2009). He has authored numerous books on the subject.
His current research focuses on the religious and civilizational backgrounds of Zionist geostrategy.

Reviews

[Brett · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you have an interest in history and how we got to where we are today, and you have not read this book then you are probably missing crucial information. I have never seen such a comprehensive connecting information and data over 2500 years that can help one round out their understanding of how these things still affect events of today. Even if you come to some different conclusions than he does, it remains a valuable examination, in my opinion. It is well organized, the translation is excellent, easy to read, and the research is superb. It is too packed full of information to pick out any one thing to write in a short review, one just has to go through it.

[Roy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The hand is invisible but it belongs to someone. A great untold history of the jewish people and how the west came to be what it is today, and why certain decisions were taken. The bible is our bane.
I dont see why the author indicates that Darwins theory is tied to Zionism because it understands the world through evolution and survival of the fittest, Darwin arrived at this conclusion through the observation of nature, a very pagan way.

[HJ Yang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mindblowing expose. Stretch your mind at the very core.

The author is entirely convincing in his presentation of possibly the biggest issue confronting humanity today, which is none other than the teachings of the old testament of the bible. If you dare, why not test your understanding or belief with this book. It's no walk in the park. But perhaps the only practical solution to the jewish question is presented here, which question, in this day and age, has transmorphed into one that affects the entire human race. I do hope for the sake of humanity, that a critical contingent may break away from the age old shackles so that we all can escape from what now seems a near certain future of dystopia.

[Szedrik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read. Don't look for it in any library though, you'll have to buy it.

[John Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

Excellent analysis of the hand that steers the world. A must read for everyone looking to discover the primal force lurking behind the global corruption.

[Martin Bassani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating read.

[Ben Duckworth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rollercoaster ride from biblical history to the almost present day..

[Crimsonsabbath · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nothing rings true, sadly. I spent two days on this book hoping to learn something interesting but it was a hogwash of the same old prejudices. I should have known better.