Desert in the Promised Land
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At once an ecological phenomenon and a cultural construction, the desert has varied associations within Zionist and Israeli culture. In the Judaic textual tradition, it evokes exile and punishment, yet is also a site for origin myths, the divine presence, and sanctity. Secular Zionism developed its own spin on the duality of the desert as the romantic site of Jews' biblical roots that inspired the Hebrew culture, and as the barren land outside...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1503607593
ISBN13:9781503607590
Release Date:December 2018
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 8.8"
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