{"product_id":"exile-and-the-jews-literature-history-and-identity-paperback","title":"Exile and the Jews: Literature, History, and Identity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNancy E. Berg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarc Saperstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first comprehensive anthology examining Jewish responses to exile from the biblical period to our modern day gathers texts from all genres of Jewish literary creativity to explore how the realities and interpretations of exile have shaped Judaism, Jewish politics, and individual Jewish identity for millennia. Ordered along multiple arcs--from universal to particular, collective to individual, and mythic-symbolic to prosaic everyday living--the chapters present different facets of exile: as human condition, in history and life, in holiday rituals, in language, as penance and atonement, as internalized experience, in relation to the Divine Presence, and more. By illuminating the multidimensional nature of \"exile\"--political, philosophical, religious, psychological, and mythological--widely divergent evaluations of Jewish life in the Diaspora emerge. The word \"exile\" and its Hebrew equivalent, \u003ci\u003egalut\u003c\/i\u003e, evoke darkness, bleakness--and yet the condition offers spiritual renewal and engenders great expressions of Jewish cultural creativity: the Babylonian Talmud, medieval Jewish philosophy, golden age poetry, and modern Jewish literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eExile and the Jews\u003c\/i\u003e will engage students, academics, and general readers in contemplating immigration, displacement, evolving identity, and more. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy E. Berg\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eExile from Exile: Israeli Writers from Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor with Naomi B. Sokoloff of the National Jewish Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eWhat We Talk about When We Talk about Hebrew (And What It Means to Americans)\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMarc Saperstein\u003c\/b\u003e served as principal and professor of Jewish history and homiletics of the Leo Baeck College, London. His dozen books include \u003ci\u003e\"Your Voice like a Ram's Horn\" Themes and Texts in Traditional Jewish Preaching\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Jewish Book Award winner in Scholarship, and \u003ci\u003eAgony in the Pulpit: Jewish Preaching in Response to Nazi Persecution and Mass Murder, 1933-1945\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51774178099488,"sku":"9780827615557","price":56.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4dca9de525b05c163584803e6d1023a7.webp?v=1780442723","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/exile-and-the-jews-literature-history-and-identity-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}