LEADER 03669nam 2200601 450 001 9910809024703321 005 20210903002830.0 010 $a0-271-04964-2 010 $a0-271-03653-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271036533 035 $a(CKB)1000000000756192 035 $a(OCoLC)341211982 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10532167 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000128127 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11148075 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128127 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10064826 035 $a(PQKB)10249289 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6224067 035 $a(DE-B1597)583811 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271036533 035 $a(OCoLC)1253313652 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000756192 100 $a20200930d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConceiving a nation $ethe development of political discourse in the Hebrew Bible /$fMira Morgenstern 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$d[2009] 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-271-03473-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [203]-222) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tcontents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1. Joseph: The Politics of Dreaming --$t2. Moses: The Politics of Alienation --$t3. Ruth: The Politics of Difference --$t4. Jotham: The Politics of Parable --$t5. Samson: The Politics of Riddling --$t6. Esther: The Politics of Metaphor --$tConclusion --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aCurrent 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. 606 $aHebrew language$xDiscourse analysis 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects 606 $aPolitical oratory 615 0$aHebrew language$xDiscourse analysis. 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aPolitical oratory. 676 $a221.832 700 $aMorgenstern$b Mira$01713784 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809024703321 996 $aConceiving a nation$94107039 997 $aUNINA