The nation–particularly in Exodus and Numbers–is not an abstract concept but rather a grand character whose history is fleshed out with remarkable literary power. In her innovative exploration of national imagination in the Bible, Pardes highlights the textual manifestations of the metaphor, the many anthropomorphisms by which a collective character named «Israel» springs to life. She explores the representation of communal motives, hidden desir ...
You can travel to many varied cities though out the world. After a short while you have seen the main sights, visited the nightlife,, met a few natives, and then you may feel you have experienced the city. Jerusalem is different. You strip one layer away. Another layer invites you to delve into it. Then another layer. Going ever more deeply. Never ending.<br>The author has the odds to know this. He has hitchhiked into many cultures on a bu ...
