American and Israeli Jews have historically clashed over the contours of Jewish identity, and their experience of modern Jewish life has been radically different. As Philip Roth put it, they are the "heirs jointly of a drastically bifurcated legacy." But what happens when the encounter between American and Israeli Jewishness takes place in literary form--when Jewish American novels make aliyah, or when Israeli novels are imported for consumption by the diaspora?
Reading Israel, Reading America explores the politics of translation as it shapes the understandings and misunderstandings of Israeli literature in the United States and American Jewish literature in Israel. Engaging in close readings of translations of iconic novels by the likes of Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Amos Oz, A. B. Yehoshua, and Yoram Kaniuk--in particular, the ideologically motivated omissions and additions in the translations, and the works' reception by reviewers and public intellectuals--Asscher decodes the literary encounter between Israeli and American Jews. These discrepancies demarcate an ongoing cultural dialogue around representations of violence, ethics, Zionism, diaspora, and the boundaries between Jews and non-Jews. Navigating the disputes between these "rival siblings" of the Jewish world, Asscher provocatively untangles the cultural relations between Israeli and American Jews.
Автор: Asscher Maarten Название: Apples and Oranges: In Praise of Comparisons ISBN: 1940423066 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781940423067 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2281 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: What does it mean when people say "You can`t compare apples and oranges"? Are comparisons across genres inherently invalid, or can they be insightful and illuminating? In this brilliant and provocative collection of essays, Dutch author Maarten Asscher maintains that comparisons can be the highest form of argument. Asscher makes his case with examp
Автор: Chinick P. C. Название: Red Asscher Living in Fear ISBN: 0991197305 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780991197309 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2226 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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In 1943, Anya Pavlovitch, a Russian expatriate working for the U.S. War Department, is asked to return to Shanghai, a city that holds painful memories and is currently occupied by Japanese forces. She must accompany a misogynistic Naval Intelligence Officer, Macdonald "Mac" Benson, recruited by the OSS. Mac Benson, a field operative pulled back to Washington after a mishap, is determined to reclaim himself and avoid the confinement of a desk job. In Shanghai, Anya reunites with people from her past while Mac associates with unscrupulous characters, one in particular who holds the key to Anya's past. Her shenanigans put the two at odds. When the head of Shanghai's opium trade kidnaps Mac, Anya must musters the courage to rescue him and redeem herself.
Автор: Moses Omri Название: Out of Character: Modernism, Vitalism, Psychic Life ISBN: 0804789142 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804789141 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 11550 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "Characters" are those fictive beings in novels whose coherent patterns of behavior make them credible as people. "Character" is also used to refer to the capacity—or incapacity—of individuals to sustain core principles. When characters are inconsistent, they risk coming across as dangerous or immoral, not to mention unconvincing. But what is behind our culture's esteem for unwavering consistency? Out of Character examines literary characters who defy our culture's models of personal integrity. It argues that modernist writers Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and T. S. Eliot drew inspiration from vitalism as a way of reinventing the means of depicting people in fiction and poetry. Rather than regarding a rigid character as something that inoculates us against the shifting tides of circumstance, these writers insist on the ethical necessity of forming improvisational, dynamic social relationships. Charting the literary impact of William James, Charles Darwin, Friedrich Nietzsche, and, in particular, Henri Bergson, this book contends that vitalist understandings of psychology, affect, and perception led to new situational and relational definitions of selfhood. As Moses demonstrates, the modernists stirred by these vital life lessons give us a sense of what psychic life looks like at its most intricate, complex, and unpredictable.
Автор: Gilbert Okuro Ojwang Название: The House of Omri ISBN: 3639519752 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783639519754 Издательство: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Рейтинг: Цена: 10193 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This book critically assesses biblical and archaeological data from the period of King Omri of Israel, as well as inscriptional sources from Syria-Palestine and related material for a socio-historical analysis of the Northern Kingdom in the ninth century BCE. The book is an attempt to extend the sociological research (which has been successfully applied to such other topics as Israelite settlement in Canaan, the origins and early development of the monarchy, et cetra), to the divided monarch as well. The book uses the social scientific approach, as it has gained currency among biblical scholars, specifically macrosociological theory, applied to the political and economic systems. The book argues that it is possible to achieve a closer dialogue between the interests of history on the one hand and sociology on the other in the study of ancient Israelite society.
Автор: Omri Boehm Название: The Binding of Isaac: A Religious Model of Disobedience ISBN: 0567656934 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780567656933 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 4811 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Traditional interpretations in both Judaism and Christianity argue that the Akedah presents not only an ethical question but also an ethical reply. But for the intervention of the angel, Abraham would have killed his son. Obedience to God take precedence over morality as humanly conceived. Yet, the angel of YHWH that appears to Abraham is a later addition to the text; thus, in the original narrative Abraham actually disobeys the divine command to slay his son, and sacrifices a ram instead. The first part of the book shows how the "original" version of the narrative did not contain the angelic figure. The second part of the book re-examines various religious interpretations of the text to show that exegetes such as Maimonides and his followers did point out Abraham's disobedience. According to these writers the esoteric layer of the story in fact declares that disobedience to God's command was Abraham's true affirmation of faith. In the third part of the book, Boehm re-opens the philosophical debate between Kant and Kierkegaard. Boehm concludes the book by contending that the monotheistic model of faith presented by Abraham was actually a model of disobedience.
Автор: Elisha, Omri Название: Moral ambition ISBN: 0520267516 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520267510 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3713 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Examines the hopes, frustrations, and activist strategies of American evangelical Christians. Focusing on two Tennessee megachurches, this title reaches beyond political controversies over issues such as abortion and public prayer to highlight the ways that evangelicals at the grassroots of the Christian Right promote faith-based causes.
Автор: Boehm, Omri Название: Binding of isaac ISBN: 0567026132 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780567026132 Издательство: Continuum Рейтинг: Цена: 23595 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Traditional interpretations in both Judaism and Christianity argue that the "Akedah" presents not only an ethical question but also an ethical reply. This book shows how the narrative`s version did not contain the angelic figure and also re-examines various religious interpretations of the text.
