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Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers : The Song of Songs in Israeli Culture

By Ilana Pardes

Book information

Publisher
University of Washington Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9780295804774, 9780295993034
LCC
PJ5053.A4.Z85 2013eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1214006 bytes)
Series
Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies
Pages
215\215
Time added
2023-08-14 09:03:23
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Description

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.

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