Glory and agony Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feldman, Yael S., 1941-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.
Series:Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of 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.