Rongo Univesity Library

Your cart is empty.

Glory and agony

by Feldman, Yael S.,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture Published by : Stanford University Press, (Stanford, Calif. :) Physical details: xv, 421 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Isaac -- (Biblical patriarch) -- Sacrifice. | Isaac -- (Biblical patriarch) -- In literature. | Zionism in literature. | Israeli literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. | Jewish literature -- History and criticism. | Sacrifice -- Judaism. | Human sacrifice in literature. | Electronic books.
Year: 2010
Online resources:
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-404) and index.

Introduction: sacrifice for gods and country: practice and theory -- Martyr, victim, sacrifice, warrior -- Re-inventing the Aqedah as a heroic trope -- Interlude: the land of Isaac -- Binder or slaughterer?: the rise and fall of Abraham -- Virgin martyrs, 1966: a story of dream and darkness -- Sacrificial victims?: the Isaac generation, 1967-1973 -- Manic Abrahams vs. women's peace, 1975-1995 -- Afterword : a state of exception: a view from the present.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha