Jew, Zionist, Hebrew, or Israeli?: Transformations in the Identity of Jacob in the Novels of Benjamin Tammuz and Meir Shalev

Chaya Shacham

doi:10.1017/S0364009404000108

Jew, Zionist, Hebrew, or Israeli? Transformations in the Identity of Jacob in the Novels of Benjamin Tammuz and Meir Shalev

Chaya Shacham

Department of Hebrew & Comparative Literature

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Abstract

The life story of Jacob, one of the longest and most complex of the Bible narratives, is a mine for the imagination of modern writers. Hebrew writers of poetry and prose have been drawn to Jacob's biblical tale and have made it the overt or latent intertext in their work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	173-188
Number of pages	16
Journal	AJS Review
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0364009404000108
State	Published - Apr 2004

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Cultural Studies
History
Religious studies
Literature and Literary Theory

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Jew, Zionist, Hebrew, or Israeli? Transformations in the Identity of Jacob in the Novels of Benjamin Tammuz and Meir Shalev

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