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© 2006 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. c 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Omer-Sherman, Ranen. Israel in exile : Jewish writing and the desert / Ranen Omer-Sherman. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-252-03043-7 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-252-03043-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Wilderness areas in literature. 2. Israeli literature— History and criticism. 3. Jewish literature—History and criticism. 4. Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. 5. Bible. O.T.—Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Title. pj5012.w54o44 2006 892.4'0932154—dc22 2005021530 00.i-xx.Omer.indd4 12/8/053:03:52PM For my mother, Betty 00.i-xx.Omer.indd5 12/8/053:03:52PM [34.200.248.66] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 23:03 GMT) Whose home I have made the wilderness, the salt land his dwelling-place Amused by the tumult of the city, Oblivious to the demands of a taskmaster, Roaming the mountains for pastures; And seeking every green thing. —Job 39:6–8 God Himself has spoken from these shores . . . the desert still seems struck dumb with terror, and one would say that it has still not been able to break the silence since it heard the voice of the eternal. —François-René de Chateaubriand If grass is the question of life sand is perhaps its answer. Then I would have devoted my life to pestering the desert. —Edmond Jabès 00.i-xx.Omer.indd6 12/8/053:03:52PM ...