Glory and agony

Description:

Extending back over two millenia, this study unearths retellings of biblical and classical narratives of sacrifice, both enacted and aborted, voluntary and violent, male and female - Isaac Ishmael, Jephthah's daughter, Iphigenia, Jesus.

subjects: In literature,  Judaism,  Human sacrifice in literature,  Israeli literature,  Sacrifice,  History and criticism,  Jewish literature,  Nationalismus,  Judisk litteratur,  Menschenopfer,  Zionisme,  Opoffering,  I litteraturen,  Literature,  Offer,  Politiska aspekter,  Historia,  Rezeption,  Sacrifice of Isaac,  Offer van Isaak,  Identität,  Jüdische Literatur,  Literatur,  Zionism in literature,  Människooffer i litteraturen,  Opfer,  Psykologiska aspekter,  Abrahams Opfer,  Israelisk litteratur,  Zionismus,  Sionism i litteraturen,  Motiv,  Receptie,  Isaac (biblical patriarch),  Israeli literature, history and criticism,  Jewish literature, history and criticism

People: Isaac (Biblical patriarch)

Times: 20th century