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

by Ilana Pardes

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295993030
• ISBN13: 9780295993034
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher