Mira Morgenstern is Associate Professor of Political Science at The City College, City University of New York. She is the author of Rousseau and the Politics of Ambiguity: Self, Culture, and Society (Penn State, 1996).

“Mira Morgenstern is a deep reader of biblical texts, and her readings give us a new and provocatively modern understanding of Israelite nationhood—constructed, as it were, from the margins, by dreamers, strangers, and women, among others. This is an illuminating and exciting book.”—Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study

• ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1 Joseph: The Politics of Dreaming2 Moses: The Politics of Alienation3 Ruth: The Politics of Difference4 Jotham: The Politics of Parable5 Samson: The Politics of Riddling6 Esther: The Politics of MetaphorConclusionBibliographyIndex

Mira Morgenstern is Associate Professor of Political Science at The City College, City University of New York. She is the author of Rousseau and the Politics of Ambiguity: Self, Culture, and Society (Penn State, 1996).

“Mira Morgenstern is a deep reader of biblical texts, and her readings give us a new and provocatively modern understanding of Israelite nationhood—constructed, as it were, from the margins, by dreamers, strangers, and women, among others. This is an illuminating and exciting book.”—Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study

• ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1 Joseph: The Politics of Dreaming2 Moses: The Politics of Alienation3 Ruth: The Politics of Difference4 Jotham: The Politics of Parable5 Samson: The Politics of Riddling6 Esther: The Politics of MetaphorConclusionBibliographyIndex

Mira Morgenstern is Associate Professor of Political Science at The City College, City University of New York. She is the author of Rousseau and the Politics of Ambiguity: Self, Culture, and Society (Penn State, 1996).

“Mira Morgenstern is a deep reader of biblical texts, and her readings give us a new and provocatively modern understanding of Israelite nationhood—constructed, as it were, from the margins, by dreamers, strangers, and women, among others. This is an illuminating and exciting book.”—Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study

• ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1 Joseph: The Politics of Dreaming2 Moses: The Politics of Alienation3 Ruth: The Politics of Difference4 Jotham: The Politics of Parable5 Samson: The Politics of Riddling6 Esther: The Politics of MetaphorConclusionBibliographyIndex