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Glory and agony : Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative /
Glory and Agony is the first history of the shifting attitudes toward national sacrifice, violence, and victimage in Hebrew culture over the last century.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
©2010.
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| Series: | Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.