Glory and agony [electronic resource] : Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative / Yael S. Feldman.
By: Feldman, Yael S.
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BookSeries: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture: Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010Description: 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 literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 222/.1106 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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.
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