AGNON'S MOONSTRUCK LOVERS by Ilana Pardes ( 9780295993034 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

AGNON'S MOONSTRUCK LOVERS
THE SONG OF SONGS IN ISRAELI CULTURE

By:

Ilana Pardes

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0295993030

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9780295993034

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS

Pub. date:

7 November, 2013

Series:

Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies

Pages:

216

Description:

Explores the response of Israel's Nobel laureate S Y Agnon to the privileged position of the Song of Songs in Israeli culture. This book recasts Israeli biblicism as a peculiar chapter within the history of biblical exegesis.

Synopsis:

Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers explores the response of Israel's Nobel laureate S. Y. Agnon to the privileged position of the Song of Songs in Israeli culture. Standing at a unique crossroads between religion and secularism, Agnon probes the paradoxes and ambiguities of the Zionist hermeneutic project. In adopting the Song, Zionist interpreters sought to return to the erotic, pastoral landscapes of biblical times. Their quest for a new, uplifting, secular literalism, however, could not efface the haunting impact of allegorical configurations of love. With superb irony, Agnon's tales recast Israeli biblicism as a peculiar chapter within the ever-surprising history of biblical exegesis.

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13 illus.

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University of Washington Press

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