1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791752603321

Autore

Feldman Yael S. <1941->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8047-7736-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 p.)

Collana

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

Disciplina

222/.1106

Soggetti

Zionism in literature

Israeli literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Jewish literature - History and criticism

Sacrifice - Judaism

Human sacrifice in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Glory and Agony is the first history of the shifting attitudes toward national sacrifice, violence, and victimage in Hebrew culture over the last century.