Agnon's moonstruck lovers : the Song of Songs in Israeli culture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pardes, Ilana
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2013]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies.
Subjects:	Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, > 1887-1970 > Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. > Old Testament > In literature. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Upon the handles of the lock
The Song of Songs as cultural text: from the European enlightenment to Israeli biblicism
Rechnitz's botany of love: the Song of Seaweed
The biblical ethnographies of Edo and Enam and the quest for the ultimate song
Epilogue: Forevermore.