“Like Arrows in the Hand of the Warrior, So Are Youths”: Reading Ishmael’s Expulsion in Genesis 21 in Light of Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha
An intertextual reading of Ishmael’s expulsion in Genesis 21 and Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha illuminates Ishmael’s path as a universal process of coming-of-age. We argue that the two works share major themes, which are reinforced and illustrated with common motifs. In both cases, the son is disengaged...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2016
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Hebrew studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-91 |
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| Summary: | An intertextual reading of Ishmael’s expulsion in Genesis 21 and Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha illuminates Ishmael’s path as a universal process of coming-of-age. We argue that the two works share major themes, which are reinforced and illustrated with common motifs. In both cases, the son is disengaged from the past and, after being reborn, establishes himself in the world. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-1681 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2016.0004 |
