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- Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers: The Song of Songs in Israeli Culture
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of Washington Press
summary
Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers explores the response of Israel’s Nobel laureate S. Y. Agnon to the privileged position of the Song of Songs in Israeli culture. Standing at a unique crossroads between religion and secularism, Agnon probes the paradoxes and ambiguities of the Zionist hermeneutic project. In adopting the Song, Zionist interpreters sought to return to the erotic, pastoral landscapes of biblical times. Their quest for a new, uplifting, secular literalism, however, could not efface the haunting impact of allegorical configurations of love. With superb irony, Agnon's tales recast Israeli biblicism as a peculiar chapter within the ever-surprising history of biblical exegesis.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-2
- Epilogue: Forevermore
- pp. 121-136
- Bibliography
- pp. 179-192
Additional Information
ISBN
9780295804774
Related ISBN(s)
9780295993027
MARC Record
OCLC
867630700
Pages
216
Launched on MUSE
2014-03-10
Language
English
Open Access
No