Glory and agony: Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative
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 --...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Stanford, Calif.
Stanford University Press
c2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Yael S. Feldman, Glory and agony. Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative] (2012) (Sokoloff, Naomi)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Isaac
/ Judaism
/ Jewish literature
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Jewish literature
History and criticism
B Israeli Literature History and criticism 20th century B Sacrifice Judaism B Israeli Literature 20th century History and criticism B Isaac (Biblical patriarch) Sacrifice B Isaac (Biblical patriarch) In literature B Isaac Sacrifice B Isaac In literature B Zionism in literature B Human sacrifice in literature |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-404) and index |
| Physical Description: | XV, 421 S., Ill., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0804759022 |