Israel in Exile - Jewish Writing and the Desert (Hardcover)

Israel in Exile is a bold exploration of how the ancient desert of Exodusand Numbers, as archetypal site of human liberation, forms a templatefor modern political identities, radical scepticism, and questioning ofofficial narratives of the nation that appear in the works of contemporaryIsraeli authors including David Grossman, Shulamith Hareven, andAmos Oz, as well as diasporic writers such as Edmund Jabes andSimone Zelitch. In contrast to other ethnic and national representations, Jewish writers since antiquity have not constructed a neat antithesisbetween the desert and the city or nation; rather, the desert becomes asymbol against which the values of the city or nation can be tested, measured, and sometimes found wantin

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2006
First published:	March 2006
Authors:	Ranen Omer-Sherman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-03043-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies
LSN:	0-252-03043-5
Barcode:	9780252030437

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