Israel in Exile

Jewish Writing and the Desert

AvRanen Omer-Sherman

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

The idea of the desert as catalyst for compelling questions about justice and community in Jewish writing

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-03-16
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252030437

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Ranen Omer-Sherman spent thirteen years in the Arava desert as a kibbutznik, guide, and ranger. He is an assistant professor of English at the University of Miami, and the author of Diaspora and Zionism in Jewish American Literature.

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"Israel in Exile evokes the importance of a critical and subversive Diaspora perspective for an Israeli society that has not yet found its territorial and individual identity. . . . Raises important questions for the political situation in Israel today."--Shofar"An invaluable addition to scholarship on Jewish literature both biblical and contemporary."--Journal of Jewish Identities "This is an important book."--Religion & Literature