The biography of ancient Israel national narratives in the Bible

The 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 m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pardes, Ilana (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press 2000.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Contraversions ; 14.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38486295*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction: Split Conception; Chapter Two: Imagining the Birth of a Nation; Chapter Three: Suckling in the Wilderness: The Absent Mother; Chapter Four: At the Foot of Mount Sinai: National Rites of Initiation; Chapter Five: The Spies in the Land of the Giants: Restless Youth; Chapter Six: Crossing the Threshold: In the Plains of Moab; Chapter Seven :Epilogue: Mount Nebo; Notes; Bibliography; Index.