"Ilana Pardes elegantly recasts the mythic story of Israel's emergence as the story of the birth, individuation, initiation, and maturity of an emergent subject. Ambivalences, deferrals, power struggles, and multiple memories all characterize Israel's development and the stories told about it. Through a set of close and graceful readings, Pardes persuasively argues that the first five books of the Bible constitute, not the history, but the biography of a nation." --Elizabeth A. Castelli, Barnard College, author of "Imitating Paul: A Discourse of Power
"The book of books has generated many other works, but Ilana Pardes's "The Biography of Ancient Israel" is in a class by itself. In beautiful, spare prose, she reconstructs the way the biblical authors imagined the history of ancient Israel. Artfully weaving literary and psychological insights, she has given us an entirely fresh view of the Bible as original as it is brilliant. This is a book for every reader of the Bible who wishes 'to wrest tradition away from a conformism that is about to overpower it.'"--David Biale, author of "Eros and the Jews"
"This is a wonderful book and a delight to read. The idea of treating the exodus story as a collective biography is quite original, and makes possible a genuinely illuminating reading ofthe story."--Michael Walzer, author of "Exodus and Revolution"
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"Ilana Pardes elegantly recasts the mythic story of Israel's emergence as the story of the birth, individuation, initiation, and maturity of an emergent subject. Ambivalences, deferrals, power struggles, and multiple memories all characterize Israel's development and the stories told about it. Through a set of close and graceful readings, Pardes persuasively argues that the first five books of the Bible constitute, not the history, but the biography of a nation." --Elizabeth A. Castelli, Barnard College, author of "Imitating Paul: A Discourse of Power
"The book of books has generated many other works, but Ilana Pardes's "The Biography of Ancient Israel" is in a class by itself. In beautiful, spare prose, she reconstructs the way the biblical authors imagined the history of ancient Israel. Artfully weaving literary and psychological insights, she has given us an entirely fresh view of the Bible as original as it is brilliant. This is a book for every reader of the Bible who wishes 'to wrest tradition away from a conformism that is about to overpower it.'"--David Biale, author of "Eros and the Jews"
"This is a wonderful book and a delight to read. The idea of treating the exodus story as a collective biography is quite original, and makes possible a genuinely illuminating reading ofthe story."--Michael Walzer, author of "Exodus and Revolution"
Imprint | University of California Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society, 14 |
Release date | September 2002 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | September 2002 |
Authors | Ilana Pardes |
Dimensions | 205 x 133 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 224 |
Edition | Revised Ed. |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-23686-8 |
Barcode | 9780520236868 |
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LSN | 0-520-23686-6 |