The Biography of Ancient Israel
National Narratives in the Bible (Contraversions, 14)
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Word Count
55,500 words, Guess
Page Count
222 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7710429M
- ISBN-139780520211100
- ISBN-100520211103
- OCLC Control Number41156502
- OCLC Control Number49569852
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Numberbiographyancient00pard
- Library of Congress Control Number99027865
- LibraryThing1112665
- Goodreads628444
Classifications
- LCCBS1225.5 .P37 2000
Description
"In her 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 literature go hand in hand more explicitly than in modern historiography, which is why the Bible serves as a paradigmatic case for examining the narrative base of national constructions." "This portrayal of the history of ancient Israel will be of interest to anyone interested in the Bible, in the interrelations of literature and history, in nationhood, in feminist thought, and in psychoanalysis."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
In a grand annunciation scene, hovering between dream and revelation, God leads Abraham outdoors and says, "Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them....
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