Ebook: The biography of ancient Israel: national narratives in the Bible

Introduction, split conception -- Imagining the birth of a nation -- Suckling in the wilderness, the absent mother -- At the foot of Mount Sinai, national rites of initiation -- Spies in the land of the giants, restless youth -- Crossing the threshold, in the plains of Moab -- Epilogue, Mount Nebo.;In her ... exploration of national imagination in the Bible, [the author] highlights the many anthropomorphisms by which a collective character named "Israel" springs to life. She explores the representation of collective murmurs, hidden desires, conflicting memories, the drama and ambivalence embedded in each phase of the nation's life.-Back cover.