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Author:

Feldman, Yael S., 1941-

Title:

Glory and agony : Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative / Yael S. Feldman.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xv, 421 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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 literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references 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.

ISBN:

0804759022 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804759021 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)468856679

LCCN:

2009048526

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)