Biography of Ancient Israel National Narratives in the Bible

Name: Biography of Ancient Israel National Narratives in the Bible
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ISBN: 9780520236868

ISBN-10: 0520236866

ISBN-13: 9780520236868

Edition: 2000

Authors: Ilana Pardes

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The nation--particularly in Exodus and Numbers--is not an abstract concept but rather a grand character whose history is fleshed out with remarkable literary power. In her innovative exploration of national imagination in the Bible, Pardes highlights the textual manifestations of the metaphor, the many anthropomorphisms by which a collective character named "Israel" springs to life. She explores the representation of communal motives, hidden desires, collective anxieties, the drama and suspense embedded in each phase of the nation's life: from birth in exile, to suckling in the wilderness, to a long process of maturation that has no definite end. In the Bible, Pardes suggests, history and…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.06" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

ILana Pardes is Lecturer in Comparative Literature and English at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.



Acknowledgments



Introduction: Split Conception



Imagining the Birth of a Nation



Suckling in the Wilderness: The Absent Mother



At the Foot of Mount Sinai: National Rites of Initiation



The Spies in the Land of the Giants: Restless Youth



Crossing the Threshold: In the Plains of Moab



Epilogue: Mount Nebo


Notes


Bibliography


Index