Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers : The Song of Songs in Israeli Culture.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (215 pages)
- Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies .
- Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Upon the Handles of the Lock -- 2. The Song of Songs as Cultural Text: From the European Enlightenment to Israeli Biblicism -- 3. Rechnitz's Botany of Love: The Song of Seaweed -- 4. The Biblical Ethnographies of "Edo and Enam" and the Quest for the Ultimate Song -- Epilogue: Forevermore -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Agnon, Shmuel Yosef - Criticism, interpretation, etc.