Publication

2018-12-25 - Stanford University Press

Language

English

Word Count

92,000 words, Guess

Page Count

368 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101503606236
  • ISBN-139781503606234
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018019361
  • OCLC Control Number1022982046
  • Better World Books9781503606234
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCDS110.N4Z47 2018
  • LCCDS110.N4 Z47 2019

Description

"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 the Jewish settlements in Palestine, featuring them as an oasis of order and technological progress within a symbolic desert"--back cover.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Desert in the Promised LandHardcoverStanford University Press2018-12-25

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