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050 0 0 _aBS1225.5
_b.P37 2000
082 0 0 _a296.31172 PAR
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100 1 _aPardes, Ilana,
_d1966-
_924466
245 1 4 _aThe Biography of Ancient Israel :
_bNational Narratives in the Bible /
_cIlana Pardes
260 _aBerkeley :
_bUniversity of California Press,
_c©2000
300 _axi, 211 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aContraversions ;
_v14
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 183-194) and index
505 0 _aIntroduction : split conception -- Imagining the birth of a nation -- Suckling in the wilderness : the absent mother -- At the foot of Mount Sinai : national rites of initiation -- The spies in the land of the giants : restless youth -- Crossing the threshold : in the plains of Moab -- Epilogue : Mount Nebo
520 8 _aAnnotation
_bThe nation--particularly in Exodus and Numbers--is not an abstract concept but rather a grand character whose history is fleshed out with remarkable literary power. In her innovative exploration of national imagination in the Bible, Pardes highlights the textual manifestations of the metaphor, the many anthropomorphisms by which a collective character named "Israel" springs to life. She explores the representation of communal motives, hidden desires, collective anxieties, the drama and suspense embedded in each phase of the nation's life: from birth in exile, to suckling in the wilderness, to a long process of maturation that has no definite end. In the Bible, Pardes suggests, history and literature go hand in hand more explicitly than in modern historiography, which is why the Bible serves as a paradigmatic case for examining the narrative base of national constructions.<br />Pardes calls for a consideration of the Bible's penetrating renditions of national ambivalence. She reads the rebellious conduct of the nation against the grain, probing the murmurings of the people, foregrounding their critique of the official line. The Bible does not provide a homogeneous account of nation formation, according to Pardes, but rather reveals points of tension between different perceptions of the nation's history and destiny.<br />This fresh and beautifully rendered portrayal of the history of ancient Israel will be of vital interest to anyone interested in the Bible, in the interrelations of literature and history, in nationhood, in feminist thought, and in psychoanalysis
630 0 0 _aBible.
_pPentateuch
_xHistoriography
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630 0 0 _aBible.
_pPentateuch
_xHistory of Biblical events
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650 0 _aBible as literature
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650 0 _aJewish nationalism
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830 0 _aContraversions ;
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