Jew, Zionist, Hebrew, or Israeli?: transformations in the identity of Jacob in the novels of Benjamin Tammuz and Meir Shalev
The life story of Jacob, one of the longest and most complex of the Bible narratives, is a mine for the imagination of modern writers. Hebrew writers of poetry and prose have been drawn to Jacob's biblical tale and have made it the overt or latent intertext in their work.
| Published in: | AJS review |
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| Subtitles: | Research Article |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
University of Pennsylvania Press
[2004]
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| In: |
AJS review
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| Further subjects: | B
Jewish peoples
B Sons B Bible B Zionism B Judaism B Jewish Identity B Novels B Bakeries B Exile B Narrators |
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| Summary: | The life story of Jacob, one of the longest and most complex of the Bible narratives, is a mine for the imagination of modern writers. Hebrew writers of poetry and prose have been drawn to Jacob's biblical tale and have made it the overt or latent intertext in their work. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009404000108 |