Exile and the Jews : Literature, History, and Identity /

"This first comprehensive anthology examining Jewish responses to exile from the biblical period to our modern day gathers texts from all genres of Jewish literary creativity to explore how the realities and interpretations of exile have shaped Judaism, Jewish politics, and individual Jewish id...

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Autres auteurs: Saperstein, Marc (Éditeur intellectuel), Berg, Nancy E. (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.13168064
Table des matières:
  • Exile as human condition
  • Exile in ancient history
  • Exile and holidays
  • Divine presence in exile
  • Exile as penance and atonement
  • Life in exile
  • Internalized exile
  • Exile in medieval and modern history
  • Language as the locus of exile
  • Negation, ambivalence, and affirmation of exile.