LEADER 04778nam 22010214a 450 001 9910779926903321 005 20230422042415.0 010 $a1-280-09448-6 010 $a9786613520401 010 $a0-520-92972-1 010 $a1-59734-497-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520929722 035 $a(CKB)111056485636770 035 $a(EBL)223880 035 $a(OCoLC)475929151 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000111852 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11130998 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111852 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10085919 035 $a(PQKB)10710514 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC223880 035 $a(DE-B1597)519568 035 $a(OCoLC)49569852 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520929722 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL223880 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5003248 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL352040 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485636770 100 $a19990405d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe biography of ancient Israel$b[electronic resource] $enational narratives in the Bible /$fIlana Pardes 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 1 $aContraversions ;$v14 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-23686-6 311 0 $a0-520-21110-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction: Split Conception --$t2. Imagining the Birth of a Nation --$t3. Suckling in the Wilderness: The Absent Mother --$t4. At the Foot of Mount Sinai: National Rites of Initiation --$t5. The Spies in the Land of the Giants: Restless Youth --$t6. Crossing the Threshold: In the Plains of Moab --$t7. Epilogue: Mount Nebo --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe nation--particularly in Exodus and Numbers--is not an abstract concept but rather a grand character whose history is fleshed out with remarkable literary power. In her innovative exploration of national imagination in the Bible, Pardes highlights the textual manifestations of the metaphor, the many anthropomorphisms by which a collective character named "Israel" springs to life. She explores the representation of communal motives, hidden desires, collective anxieties, the drama and suspense embedded in each phase of the nation's life: from birth in exile, to suckling in the wilderness, to a long process of maturation that has no definite end. In the Bible, Pardes suggests, history and literature go hand in hand more explicitly than in modern historiography, which is why the Bible serves as a paradigmatic case for examining the narrative base of national constructions. Pardes calls for a consideration of the Bible's penetrating renditions of national ambivalence. She reads the rebellious conduct of the nation against the grain, probing the murmurings of the people, foregrounding their critique of the official line. The Bible does not provide a homogeneous account of nation formation, according to Pardes, but rather reveals points of tension between different perceptions of the nation's history and destiny. This fresh and beautifully rendered portrayal of the history of ancient Israel will be of vital interest to anyone interested in the Bible, in the interrelations of literature and history, in nationhood, in feminist thought, and in psychoanalysis. 410 0$aContraversions ;$v14. 606 $aBible as literature 606 $aJewish nationalism 610 $aacademic. 610 $aanthropomorphism. 610 $aanxiety. 610 $abelief. 610 $abible stories. 610 $abiblical nation. 610 $achristian faith. 610 $achristian living. 610 $achristian. 610 $achristianity. 610 $acollectivism. 610 $acommunal. 610 $acommunity. 610 $adesire. 610 $adestiny. 610 $aexodus. 610 $afeminist. 610 $ahistorical. 610 $ahistoriography. 610 $aholy book. 610 $aliterary. 610 $ametaphor. 610 $anation. 610 $anational imagination. 610 $anumbers. 610 $aparadigm. 610 $apsychoanalysis. 610 $areligion. 610 $areligious studies. 610 $ascholarly. 615 0$aBible as literature. 615 0$aJewish nationalism. 676 $a296.3/1172 700 $aPardes$b Ilana$01466233 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779926903321 996 $aThe biography of ancient Israel$93676625 997 $aUNINA