Research Catalog

Title

Glory and agony [electronic resource] : Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative / Yael S. Feldman.

Author

Feldman, Yael S., 1941-

Publication

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xv, 421 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Glory and agony (Online)

Alternative Title

Glory and agony (Online)

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-404) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2009048526

OCLC

ssj0000469630

Author

Feldman, Yael S., 1941-

Title

Glory and agony [electronic resource] : Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative / Yael S. Feldman.

Imprint

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-404) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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