In Israel, the organization is commonly called Etzel, based on its Hebrew acronym. The book traces the development of the Irgun from its early days in the 1930s, through its years of violent struggle in the Palestine Mandate against both British rule (the "revolt" of the title) and Arab opposition, to the outbreak of the Israeli War of Independence in 1948. The book is also part autobiographical, tracing Begin's own political development. First published in English in 1951 by W. H. Allen.

    For all believers of any sect and for all who read the Bible and for those who don't - a book which trumpets to Heaven love and faith - very much a book for our bewildered times.

    Without neglecting the scientific data provided by archaeological and philological research, he makes us conscious of the literary attributes of the Bible.Unlike the volumes dealing with the first two pericopes of Genesis, the present work does not separate the annotations from the Biblical text, but forms a continuous, unified commentary in which the Scriptural citations are interlinked with the exposition.

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