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"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.
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Bible, Historiography, Bible as literature, History of Biblical events, Jewish nationalism, Erzähltechnik, Altes Testament, Natie, Historiographie, Bibel, Oude Testament, Bible (Littérature), 11.42 history of Old Testament times, Geschiedschrijving, Nationalisme juif, Histoire des événements bibliques, Oudheid, Bible, history of biblical events, o. t., Bible, historiography, RELIGION, Judaism, Theology, Christianity, GeneralEdition | Availability |
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The Biography of Ancient Israel: National Narratives in the Bible
September 2, 2002, University of California Press
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in English
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The Biography of Ancient Israel: National Narratives in the Bible (Contraversions, 14)
April 3, 2000, University of California Press
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"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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