Agnon's Moonstruck lovers : the Song of Songs in Israeli culture /

Pardes, Ilana, 1966-

Agnon's Moonstruck lovers : the Song of Songs in Israeli culture / Ilana Pardes. - First edition. - Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (202 pages). - Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Upon the handles of the lock -- The Song of Songs as cultural text: from the European enlightenment to Israeli biblicism -- Rechnitz's botany of love: the Song of Seaweed -- The biblical ethnographies of Edo and Enam and the quest for the ultimate song -- Epilogue: Forevermore.



9780295804774

2021692717


Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1887-1970 --Criticism and interpretation.


Bible.--Old Testament--In literature.


Electronic Books.

PJ5053 / .A366 2013