Frederic Raphael

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Frederic Raphael is an Academy Award–winning screenwriter, a novelist and a journalist.

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Frederic Raphael on ‘The Invention of the Jewish People’

BLANK Feb 19, 2010 A best-seller in Israel, Shlomo Sand’s startling book argues there never was a Jewish people, only a Jewish religion, and explodes the myth of a unique nation with a special destiny.A best-seller in Israel, Shlomo Sand’s startling book explodes the myth of a unique nation with a special destiny. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Frederic Raphael on Socrates

BLANK Jul 31, 2009 Was Socrates an atheist, a guru to a strange sect and an elitist corrupting the youth of a democratic Athens defeated in the Peloponnesian War, as his accusers successfully charged? A new book by Robin Waterfield seeks to dispel the myths about “Why Socrates Died.”A new book by Robin Waterfield seeks to dispel the myths about “Why Socrates Died.” Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )