| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 421 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
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Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-404) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Glory and Agony is the first history of the shifting attitudes toward national sacrifice, violence, and victimage in Hebrew culture over the last century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Isaac (Biblical patriarch) -- Sacrifice.
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Isaac (Biblical patriarch) |
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Sacrifice. |
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Isaac (Biblical patriarch) -- In literature.
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Zionism in literature.
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Zionism in literature. |
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Israeli literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Israeli literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Jewish literature -- History and criticism.
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Jewish literature. |
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Sacrifice -- Judaism.
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Sacrifice -- Judaism. |
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Human sacrifice in literature.
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Human sacrifice in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Feldman, Yael S., 1941- Glory and agony. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010 9780804759021 (DLC) 2009048526 (OCoLC)468856679 |
| ISBN |
9780804777360 (electronic book) |
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0804777365 (electronic book) |
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9780804759021 |
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0804759022 |
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