03669nam 2200601 450 991077773010332120210903002830.00-271-04964-20-271-03653-210.1515/9780271036533(CKB)1000000000756192(OCoLC)341211982(CaPaEBR)ebrary10532167(SSID)ssj0000128127(PQKBManifestationID)11148075(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128127(PQKBWorkID)10064826(PQKB)10249289(MiAaPQ)EBC6224067(DE-B1597)583811(DE-B1597)9780271036533(OCoLC)1253313652(EXLCZ)99100000000075619220200930d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrConceiving a nation the development of political discourse in the Hebrew Bible /Mira MorgensternUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :The Pennsylvania State University Press,[2009]©20091 online resource (240 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-271-03473-4 Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-222) and index.Front matter --contents --Preface --Introduction --1. Joseph: The Politics of Dreaming --2. Moses: The Politics of Alienation --3. Ruth: The Politics of Difference --4. Jotham: The Politics of Parable --5. Samson: The Politics of Riddling --6. Esther: The Politics of Metaphor --Conclusion --Bibliography --IndexCurrent conflicts in both national and international arenas have undermined the natural, organic concept of nationhood as conventionally espoused in the nineteenth century. Conceiving a Nation argues that the modern understanding of the nation as a contested concept—as the product of a fluid and ongoing process of negotiation open to a range of livable solutions—is actually rooted in the Bible. This book draws attention to the contribution that the Bible makes to political discourse about the nation. The Bible is particularly well suited to this open-ended discourse because of its own nature as a text whose ambiguity and laconic quality render it constantly open to new interpretations and applicable to changing circumstances. The Bible offers a pluralistic understanding of different models of political development for different nations, and it depicts altering concepts of national identity over time. In this book, Morgenstern reads the Bible as the source of a dynamic critique of the ideas that are conventionally considered to be fundamental to national identity, treating in successive chapters the ethnic (Ruth), the cultural (Samson), the political (Jotham), and the territorial (Esther). Throughout, she explores a number of common themes, such as the relationship of women to political authority and the “strangeness” of Israelite political existence. In the Conclusion, she elucidates how biblical analysis can aid in recognition of modern claims to nationhood.Hebrew languageDiscourse analysisRhetoricPolitical aspectsPolitical oratoryHebrew languageDiscourse analysis.RhetoricPolitical aspects.Political oratory.221.832Morgenstern Mira1568242MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777730103321Conceiving a nation3840302UNINA