LEADER 02678oam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910818236103321 005 20231222215138.0 010 $a1-283-04406-4 010 $a9786613044068 010 $a0-252-09202-3 035 $a(CKB)3390000000006646 035 $a(OCoLC)811410289 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10593749 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000544024 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11357476 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544024 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10532281 035 $a(PQKB)11238519 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414077 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23850 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414077 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10593749 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL304406 035 $a(OCoLC)923495489 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000006646 100 $a20050727d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIsrael in exile $eJewish writing and the desert /$fRanen Omer-Sherman 210 1$aUrbana :$cUniversity of Illinois Press,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (233 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-252-03043-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-201) and index. 327 $aRepresenting desert wilderness in Jewish narrative : poetics and politics -- Justice and the old/new Jewish nation -- Desert space and national consciousness -- Immobilized rebels on the outskirts of the promised land -- Sinai of the diasporic imagination -- Wilderness as experience and metaphor. 330 $aExamines how the ethical tension between the clashing Mosaic and Davidic paradigms of the desert reverberates in secular Jewish literature and produces literary rewards. This book argues that the ancient encounter with the desert acquires an urgency in response to the crisis brought about by national identities and territorial conflicts. 606 $aWilderness areas in literature 606 $aIsraeli literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJewish literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aIdentity (Philosophical concept) in literature 615 0$aWilderness areas in literature. 615 0$aIsraeli literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJewish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aIdentity (Philosophical concept) in literature. 676 $a892.4/0932154 700 $aOmer-Sherman$b Ranen$01603507 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818236103321 996 $aIsrael in exile$94076996 997 $aUNINA