Exile and the Jews : Literature, History, and Identity / edited by Nancy E. Berg and Marc Saperstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saperstein

Contributor:

Berg, Nancy E., editor.

Saperstein, Marc, editor.

Series:

JPS anthologies of Jewish thought.

JPS Anthologies of Jewish Thought Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish diaspora in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Jewish Publication Society 2024

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]

Summary:

Exile and the Jews anthologizes texts from all genres of Jewish literary creativity, from the Hebrew Bible to the present, exploring how the realities and interpretations of exile have shaped Jewish religion, politics, and identity.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Notes about the Cover

Introduction

1. Exile as Human Condition

Birth as Exile

Exile from Eden

2. Exile in Ancient History

Egypt

Babylonia

Rome and the Long Exile

3. Exile and Holidays

Tisha b'Av

Purim

4. Divine Presence in Exile

Shekhinah

The Divine Presence amid Gentiles

Providential Protection in Exile

Abandonment by the Divine Presence in Exile

5. Exile as Penance and Atonement

National Exile

Individual Exile

6. Life in Exile

Advice and Rebuke

7. Internalized Exile

Communal Identity in Exile

Self-Identity in the Diaspora

8. Exile in Medieval and Modern History

Muslim Spain

Christian Spain

Exile from Elsewhere

Exile of the Other

9. Language as the Locus of Exile

Babel and Afterward

10. Negation, Ambivalence, and Affirmation of Exile

Negation

Ambivalence

Affirmation

Coda

Source Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780827619180

0827619189

9780827619197

0827619197