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Glory and agony : Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative / Yael S. Feldman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culturePublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 421 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780804777360
  • 0804777365
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Glory and agony.DDC classification:
  • 222/.1106 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1238.S24 F45 2010eb
NLM classification:
  • 000129957
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 15.75
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Contents:
Introduction: sacrifice for gods and country: practice and theory -- Martyr, victim, sacrifice, warrior -- Re-inventing the Aqedah as a heroic trope -- Interlude: the land of Isaac -- Binder or slaughterer?: the rise and fall of Abraham -- Virgin martyrs, 1966: a story of dream and darkness -- Sacrificial victims?: the Isaac generation, 1967-1973 -- Manic Abrahams vs. women's peace, 1975-1995 -- Afterword : a state of exception: a view from the present.
Summary: Glory and Agony is the first history of the shifting attitudes toward national sacrifice, violence, and victimage in Hebrew culture over the last century.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)362846

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-404) and index.

Introduction: sacrifice for gods and country: practice and theory -- Martyr, victim, sacrifice, warrior -- Re-inventing the Aqedah as a heroic trope -- Interlude: the land of Isaac -- Binder or slaughterer?: the rise and fall of Abraham -- Virgin martyrs, 1966: a story of dream and darkness -- Sacrificial victims?: the Isaac generation, 1967-1973 -- Manic Abrahams vs. women's peace, 1975-1995 -- Afterword : a state of exception: a view from the present.

Glory and Agony is the first history of the shifting attitudes toward national sacrifice, violence, and victimage in Hebrew culture over the last century.

Print version record.

English.