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Examines 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.

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"Israel in Exile evokes the importance of a critical and subversive Diaspora perspective for an Israeli society that has not yet found its territorial and individual identity. . . . Raises important questions for the political situation in Israel today."--Shofar


"An invaluable addition to scholarship on Jewish literature both biblical and contemporary."--Journal of Jewish Identities
"This is an important book."--Religion & Literature

Israel in Exile

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: 16/03/2006
      ISBN13: 9780252030437, 978-0252030437
      ISBN10: 0252030435
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      Literature: history and criticism Social groups: religious groups and communities

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines 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.

      Trade Review

      "Israel in Exile evokes the importance of a critical and subversive Diaspora perspective for an Israeli society that has not yet found its territorial and individual identity. . . . Raises important questions for the political situation in Israel today."--Shofar


      "An invaluable addition to scholarship on Jewish literature both biblical and contemporary."--Journal of Jewish Identities
      "This is an important book."--Religion & Literature

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