Important Collection of Books & Ephemera on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. From the Collection of the Rev. Herb Schmidt.

Important Collection of Books & Ephemera on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. From the Collection of the Rev. Herb Schmidt; some books include his handwritten notes. This collection highlights important dialogue around the issue and I'm certain it will attract research scholars.

Reverend Herb Schmidt served as the Lutheran Campus Pastor at Stanford University for 12 years, from 1986 until his official retirement in 1998. Attached are a few photographs including a 1988 Stanford Campus Report article interviewing Rev. Schmidt. Shipping for the collection will be $150. Please let me know if you have any questions…

Books & Ephemera on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

From the Collection of the Rev. Herb Schmidt.

  1. American Friends Service Committee. A Compassionate Peace. A Future for the Middle East. NY: Hill & Wang, 1982. 8vo. Maps. xiii, 226pp., illust., notes, appendices, biblio., index. Printed wraps.

  2. American Schools of Oriental Research. Scrolls from the Wilderness of the Dead Sea. Catalog of the exhibition, The Dead Sea Scrolls of Jordan. Berkeley:  1965. Sq. 8vo. Frontis., 32pp., illustrations. Color pictorial wraps, glassine covers.

  3. Anderson, Hugh. Historians of Israel. (2). 1 & 2 Chronicles of Ezra, Nehemiah. NY: Abingdon Press, 1962. 8vo. 87pp. Printed wraps. One in the series, Bible Guides, edited by William Barclay and F. F. Bruce.

  4. Araim, Dr. Amer Saleh. Understanding Islam: Fifty Questions. Walnut Creek, CA: Islamic Community Outreach of Calif.,  2012. 8vo. Text in English and Arabic. vii, 59pp. Color pictorial wraps.

  5. Armstrong, Karen. Islam. A short history. London: Phoenix, 2002. 8vo. Maps, chronology, xxxii, 192pp., glossary, notes, index. Color illust. wraps.

  6. Averick, Sara M. A Human Rights Comparison. Israel Versus the Arab States. Washington, DC: American Israel Public Affairs Committee, 1988. 8vo. x, 64pp. Illust. wraps. Number 15 in the series.

  7. Avnery, Uri. Truth Against Truth. A Completely Different Look at the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Santa Cruz: Resource Center for Nonviolence, 2003.  Oblong 8vo. 26pp., illustrations. Printed wraps.

  8. Baney, Ralph E. Search for Sodom and Gomorrah. A true adventure in the Dead Sea. Kansas City, MO: Cam Press, 1962. 8vo. Maps, 320pp., profusely illust. with color photos. Color pictorial wraps. 

  9. Barghouti, Omar. BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions. The global struggle for Palestinian rights. Chicago: Haymarket, 2011. 8vo. 313pp., notes, sources, index. Color illust. wraps.

  10. Berlin, Greta and Bill Dienst, M.D., Editors. Freedom Sailors. N.pl.: The Free Gaza Movement, 2012. 8vo. Maps, 252pp., illust., appendices. Color pictorial wraps.

  11. Birkland, Carol J., Interviewer. Unified in Hope. Arabs and Jews Talk about Peace. NY: Friendship Press, 1987. 8vo. xiv, 100pp., glossary. Color illust. wraps.

  12. Braverman, Mark. A Wall in Jerusalem. Hope, healing, and the struggle for justice in Jerusalem and Palestine. NY: Jericho Books, 2013. 1st ed. 8vo. 275pp., notes, biblio. Color printed wraps.

  13.  Brownlee, William H. Israel and The Ten Commandments. An appeal to the conscience based upon the modern history of Palestine. NY: Americans for Middle East Understanding, 1984. 8vo. 77pp., notes. Printed wraps.

  14. Brueggemann, Walter. Chosen? Reading the Bible amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 2015. 1st ed. 8vo. 88pp. Color illust. wraps.

  15. Carter, President Jimmy. We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land. A plan that will work. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2009. 8vo. Maps, xxv, 228pp., notes. Bds, in color pictorial DJ.

  16. Cobb, Stanwood. Islamic Contributions to Civilization. Washington, DC: Avalon Press, 1965. 8vo. ix, 84pp. Green cloth.

  17. Cossali, Paul & Clive Robson. Stateless in Gaza. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Zed Books, 1986. 8vo. Maps, 159pp., b/w photos. Pictorial wraps.

  18. Cramer, Richard Ben. How Israel Lost. The four questions. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2004. 8vo. 307pp. Bds, maps as endpapers, in color illust. DJ. 

  19. Dawson, Ashley and Bill V. Mullen, Editors. Apartheid: The Case for Boycotting Israeli Universities. Chicago: Haymarket, 2015. Lge 8vo. xi, 258pp., appendix, notes, index. Color illust. wraps. w/ flaps. 

  20. Dimont, Max I. The Jews in America. The Roots, History, and Destiny of American Jews. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1978. 8vo. 286pp., biblio., index. Color pictorial wraps.

  21. Dowty, Alan. Israel/Palestine. Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2013. 3rd edition, Revised and Updated. 8vo. Maps, x, 311pp., chronology, biblio., index. Color illust. wraps.

  22. Finkelstein, Norman G. This Time We Went Too Far. Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion. NY: OR Books, 2010. 8vo. 204pp., notes, index. Black cloth in printed DJ.

  23. Fisher, Eugene J. Homework for Christians. Preparing for Christian-Jewish Dialogue. NY: National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1986. 8vo. 61pp. Printed wraps.

  24. Friedman, Thomas. From Beirut to Jerusalem. NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. Lge 8vo. xiv, Chronology, 525pp., index. Printed wraps.

  25. Golan, Daphne. The Military Judicial System in the West Bank. Israeli Information Center For Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Jerusalem: 1989. 8vo. 87pp., appendices. Printed wraps.

  26. Guide to Interreligious Activities in Israel, 1993. Directory of Organizations and Institutions of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel.  Jerusalem: World Alliance of Christian and Jewish Interfaith Organizations. 8vo. Unpaged. Printed wraps.

  27. Guillaume, Alfred. Islam. Baltimore: Penguin, 1956. Sm 8vo. 210pp., glossary, biblio., index. Printed wraps.. 

  28.  Halper, Jeff. An Israeli in Palestine. Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel. Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 2008. 8vo. Maps, xvii, 317pp., illust., appendices, biblio., index. Color illust. wraps.

  29. Hebert, Gabriel. When Israel Came Out of Egypt. Naperville, IL: SCM Pub., 1061. Map, 128pp., includes tables. Printed wraps.

  30. Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option. Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. NY: Random House, 1991. 8vo. xii, 354pp., notes, index. Bds., in printed DJ.

  31. Horowitz, Adam, Lizzy Ratner and Philip Weiss, Editors. The Goldstone Report. The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict. NY: Nation Books, 2011. 8vo. Maps, timeline, xxix, 449pp., index. Printed wraps.

  32. Hurwitz, Deena, Editor. Walking the Red Line. Israelis In Search of Justice for Palestine. Preface by Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer. Phila: New Society Pub., 1992. 8vo. Maps, 208pp., illust., organizational listings. Printed wraps.

  33. Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church, (USA). Zionism Unsettled. A Congregational Study Guide. Congers, NY: IPMN, 2014. 4to. Maps in color, 72pp., color photo illustrations, DVD at rear. Color pictorial wraps.

  34. Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights. Report on the Violations of Human Rights in the Territories during the Uprising, 1988. Tel Aviv, 1988. Lge 8vo. 98pp. Illustrated wraps.

  35. Kac, Arthur W. The Rebirth of the State of Israel. Is It of God or of Men? Chicago: Moody Press, 1958. 8vo. 383pp., glossary, indices. Cloth.

  36. Kennedy, R. Scott. The Druze of the Golan. A Case of Nonviolent Resistance. With, Nonviolent Resistance: A Strategy for the Occupied Territories. By Mubarak E. Awad. Foreword by David H. Albert. Phila: New Society Publishers, 1983. 8vo. 40pp., illust. Printed wraps.

  37. Khalidi, Rashid. Palestinian Identity. The Construction of Modern National Consciousness. NY: Columbia Univ. Press, 1997. Lge 8vo. xvi, 309pp., biblio., index. Green cloth in color illust. DJ.

  38. Kidron, Peretz. Refusenik! Israel’s Soldiers of Conscience. NY: Zed Books, 2004. Foreword by Susan Sontag. 119pp., illust. Printed wraps.

  39. Kinzner, Stephan. All the Shah’s Men. An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008. 8vo. Maps, xxviii, 208pp., illust., notes, biblio., index. Pictorial wraps.

  40. Klein, Morton A. The Case Against Arafat. The Campaign by Yasir Arafat and the Palestinian Authority to Destroy Israel. Intro. By Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick. NY: Zionist Organization of America, 1992. 8vo. 109pp., illusions. Color illust. wraps.

  41. Lerner, Rabbi Michael. Embracing Israel/Palestine. A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2012. Maps, 425pp., b/w photo illustrations, notes, index. Color illustrated wraps.

  42. Lockman, Zachary and Joel Beinin, Editors. Intifada. The Palestinian Uprising Against Israeli Occupation. Boston: South End, 1989. Lge 8vo. vi, 423pp., illust., notes. Color illust. wraps. 

  43. Middle East Council of Churches. Dept. of Service to Palestinian Refugees, Gaza Area. Annual Report, 1993. 8vo. 36pp., photo illustrations, tables. Color illustrated wraps., map on rear cover.

  44. Mulhall, John W. America and the Founding of Israel. An Investigation of the Morality of America’s Role. Los Angeles: Deshon Press, 1995. 8vo. Maps, 270pp., glossary, biblio., index. Color pictorial wraps. 

  45. National Lawyers Guild. International Human Rights Law and Israel’s Efforts to Suppress the Palestine Uprising. NY: 1989. 8vo. xi, 95pp. Printed wraps.

  46. O’Dea, Janet K., Thomas F. O’Dea and Charles J. Adams. Judaism, Christianity and Islam. NY: Harper & Row, 1972. Lge 8vo. 246pp., llust., biblio., glossary, index. Pictorial wraps. One in the series, Religion and Man.

  47. Ostrovsky, Victor and Claire Hoy. By Way of Deception. The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1990. Lge 8vo. xii, 371pp., floorplans, glossary, index. Bds. in printed DJ.

  48. Oz, Amos. In the Land of Israel. Translated from the Hebrew by Maurie Goldberg-Bartura. London: Fontana, 1983. Lge 8vo. Map, 257pp., glossary. Color illustrated wraps.  

  49.  Oz veShalom. Violence and the Value of Life in Jewish Tradition. Jerusalem: English Language Series, number 2, 1984. 8vo. 104pp., illust. Color illustrated wraps. 

  50. Palestine Aid Society of America. Bringing the Lessons Home. American Eyewitness Accounts of Palestinian Uprising and Israeli Repression. Washington, DC: 1990. 8vo. 31pp. Illustrated wraps.

  51. Perowne, Stewart. The Life and Times of Herod the Great. NY: Abingdon Press, 1956. Maps, frontis.,187pp., b/w photo illustrations, tables, index. Blue cloth, maps as endpapers. 

  52. Peters, F. E. Children of Abraham. Judaism/Christianity/Islam. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1984. 8vo. xi, 225pp., glossary, index. Illust. wraps.

  53.  Polner, Murray and Stefan Merken, Editors. Peace, Justice, and Jews. Reclaiming Our Tradition. NY: Bunim & Bannigan, 2007. Lge 8vo. xviii, 339pp., illust., biblio., index. Bds. in pictorial DJ.  

  54. Qumsiyeh, Mazin B. Popular Resistance in Palestine. A History of Hope and Empowerment. NY: Pluto Books, 2011. 8vo. ix, 290pp., notes, index. Color illustrated wraps.

  55. Raheb, Mitri. Faith in the Face of Empire. The Bible through Palestinian Eyes. NY: Orbis Books, 2014.  8vo. ix, 166pp., notes, biblio., index. Color illustrated wraps. 

  56. Raheb, Mitri. I am a Palestinian Christian. Translated by Ruth C. F. Gritsch. Foreword by Rosemary Radford Ruether. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995. 8vo. x, 164pp., notes, biblio., includes Bible Citations and References. Color pictorial wraps.

  57.  Raheb, Mitri, Editor. Shifting Identities. Changes in the Social, Political, and Religious Structures in the Middle East. Bethlehem, Palestine: Diyar Publications, 2016. 8vo. 288pp., tables, notes. Color illustrated wraps.

  58. Ritmeyer, Leen and Kathleen. Secrets of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1998. 8vo. Maps, 116pp., illustrations, diagrams, notes. Color pictorial wraps. 

  59. Robinson, Gordon. Historians of Israel. (1.) 1 and 2 (Samuel, 1 and 2 (Kings). NY: Abingdon Press, 1962. 8vo. 88pp. Printed wraps. One in the series, Bible Guides, edited by William Barclay and F. F. Bruce.

  60. Rosen, Brant. Wrestling in the Daylight. A Rabbi’s Path to Palestinian Solidarity. Foreword by Adam Horowitz. Charlottesville, VA: Just World Books, 2012. 8vo. 293pp., appendix, glossary. Color illustrated wraps.

  61. Rosen, Moshe. Overture to Armageddon? Beyond the Gulf War. With Bob Massie. San Bernardino, CA: Here’s Life Pub., 1991. 8vo. 204pp. Printed wraps.

  62. Rothschild, Alice. On the Brink. Israel and Palestine on the Eve of the 2014 Gaza Invasion. Charlottesville, VA: Just World Books, 2014. 8vo. 167pp., b/w photo illustrations. Color pictorial wraps.

  63. Rubenstein, Richard L. After Auschwitz. Radical Theology and Contemporary Judaism. Indianapolis: Bobbs, Merrill, 1976. 8vo. xii, 287pp. Printed wraps.

  64. Rubin, Barry. The Transformation of Palestinian Politics. From Revolution to State-Building. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1999. 8vo. xi, 288pp., appendices, notes, biblio., index. Bds. in color pictorial DJ.

  65. Ruether, Rosemary Radford and Marc H. Ellis, Editors. Beyond Occupation. American Jewish, Christian and Palestinian Voices for Peace. Boston: Beacon Press, 1988. 8vo. Maps, ix, 319pp., notes. Bds, in pictorial DJ.

  66. Saaco, Joe. Footnotes in Gaza. NY: Metropolitan Books, 2010. 4to. xi, 418pp., profusely illustrated, appendices, biblio. Color illustrated wraps.

  67. Sandmel, Samuel. A Jewish Understanding of the New Testament. (Augmented Edition). NY: Ktav Pub., 1974. 8vo. xxxv, 336pp., biblio., index. Printed wraps.

  68. Schmidt, Rev. Herb, Ann Barhoum, Lisa Grande, Jaimie Hyams and Jocelyn Reisman, Editors. A Look at the Intifada– Selected Readings on the History of the Conflict.  4to. 78pp., illust., biblio. Program, stapled.

  69. Schonfield, Dr. Hugh J. The Passover Plot. A New Interpretation of the Life and Death of Jesus. NY: Bantam, 1967. Sm 8vo. 278pp., biblio., index. Color illustrated wraps.

  70. Segev, Tom. One Palestine Complete. Jews and Arabs Under The British Mandate. Translated by Hain Watzman. NY: Henry Holt, 2000. Lge 8vo. Maps, frontis., 612pp., notes, biblio., index. Color pictorial wraps.

  71. Shabbas, Audrey and Ayad Al-Qazzaz, Editors. Arab World Notebook. Secondary School Level. A Project of Najda: Women Concerned About the Middle East. Berkeley: 1989. Folio size. Maps, 278pp., 126pp., illustrations. Color illustrated 3-ring binder.

  72. Shavit, Ari. My Promised Land. The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel. NY: Spiegel & Grau, 2013. 8vo. Maps, xiv, 445pp., illust, notes, index. Color pictorial wraps.

  73. Shipler, David K. Arab and Jew. Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land. NY: Penguin, 1986. 8vo. xvii, 596pp., index. Color pictorial wraps.

  74. Smith, Charles D. Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. A History with Documents. Boston: St. Martin’s, 2010. Lge 8vo. Maps, xxii, 586pp., illustrated, glossary, biblio., index. Color pictorial wraps, maps as endpapers.

  75. Stephens, Marc T. R. Enforcement of International Law in the Israeli-Occupied Territories. Al-haq, West Bank: 1989. Occasional Paper No. 7. 8vo. 60pp. Printed wraps.

  76. Sternfield, Janet. Homework for Jews. Preparing for the Jewish-Christian Dialogue. NY: National Conference for Christians and Jews, 1985. 8vo. 59pp., notes. Printed wraps.

  77. Stevens, Richard P. and Abdelwahab M. Elmessiri. Israel and South Africa. The Progression of a Relationship. New Brunswick, NJ: North American Books, 1977. 8vo. 228pp., notes, index. Printed wraps.

  78. Suleiman, Michael W. The Arabs in the Mind of America. Brattleboro, VT: Amana Books, 1988. 8vo. xi, 239pp., tables, notes, references, biblio., index. Color illustrated wraps.

  79. Talmor, Ronny, Editor. Annual Report, 1989. Violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. The Israeli Information Center for Human rights in the Occupied Territories, 1989. 8vo. 132pp., photo illustrations. Printed wraps.

  80. Tekiner, Roselle, Samir Abed-Rabbo and Norton Mezvinky, Editors. Anti-Zionism. Analytical Reflections. NY: Amana Books, 1988. 8vo. xiii, 358pp., appendix, biblio., index. Bds., in printed DJ. 

  81. Telushkin, Rabbi Joseph. Jewish Wisdom. Ethical, Spiritual, and Historical Lessons from the Great Works and Thinkers. NY: William Morrow, 1994. Lge 8vo. xxiv, 663pp., biblio., index. Bds., in color illustrated wraps.

  82. Theissen, Gerd. Sociology of Early Palestinian Christianity. Translated by John Bowden. Phila: Fortress, 1978. 8vo. viii, 131pp., notes, index. Printed wraps.

  83. Tolan, Sandy. The Lemon Tree. An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East. NY: Bloomsbury, 2006. 8vo. Maps, xiv, 362pp., biblio., notes, index. Black bds, in color pictorial DJ.

  84. Tuchman, Barbara W. Bible and Sword. England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour. NY: Ballantine Books, 1984. Lge 8vo. xvi, 412pp., biblio., notes. Color illustrated wraps.

  85. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. UNRWA: An Investment in People. Vienna, Austria: 1994. Sq 8vo. 28pp., photo illustrations, graphs. Pictorial wraps.

  86. Voegelin, Eric. Order and History. Volume One. Israel and Revelation. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Univ., 1994. Lge 8vo. xxv, 535pp., index. Bds, in pictorial DJ.

  87. Wagner, Donald E. and Walter T. Davis, Editors. Zionism and the Quest for Justice in the Holy Land. Eugene: Pickwick, 2014. 8vo. xxiii, 250pp., appendices, biblio. Color pictorial wraps.

  88. Weir, Alison. Against Our Better Judgement. The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel. Self-published, 2014. 8vo. 240pp., notes, biblio., index. Pictorial wraps.

  89. White, Patrick. Children of Bethlehem. Innocents in the Storm. Ridgefield, CT: Fowler Wright, 1991. 8vo. Maps, 170pp., b/w photo illustrations. Color illustrated wraps.

  90. Wifall, Walter. The Court History of Israel. A Commentary on First and Second Kings. St. Louis: Clayton, 1975. 8vo. Maps, 192pp., illust. Printed wraps.

The Collection: $2,500