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Glory and agony : Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative

Title
Glory and agony : Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative / Yael S. Feldman.
Author
Feldman, Yael S., 1941-
Publication
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.

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Description
xv, 421 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Uniform Title
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-404) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Sacrifice for gods and country: practice and theory -- Part I: Osher Aqedah: the glory of sacrifice, 1904-1944. Martyr, victim, sacrifice, warrior ; Re-inventing "Isaac" as a military hero -- Interlude: The land of Isaac -- Part II: Isaac, Jesus, Oedipus: the agony and agon of sacrifice, 1945-1995. Binder or slaughterer?: the rise and fall of "Abraham" ; Virgin martyrs, then and now: a tale of "dream and darkness", 1966 ; Sacrificial victims?: the "Isaac generation", 1967-1973 ; Mania, murder, and gender mayhem, 1975-1995 -- Afterword : "A state of exception": a view from the present.
Call Number
*PNK 14-133
ISBN
  • 9780804759021 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0804759022 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2009048526
  • 40018359724
OCLC
468856679
Author
Feldman, Yael S., 1941-
Title
Glory and agony : Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative / Yael S. Feldman.
Imprint
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.
Series
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-404) and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40018359724
Research Call Number
*PNK 14-133
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