And Suddenly We Reached God
The construction of “religious” and “secular” in Israeli literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12709304 |
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| Authors | Shachar Pinsker (0000-0002-9375-587X, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-41 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Modern Jewish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1472-5886 • E-ISSN: 1472-5894 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14725880500522933 |
| OpenAlex | W1606738299 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This article examines the categories of “secular” and “religious” and the way they are employed in Israeli literature by analyzing some of the recent debates about this issue. These debates attempted to respond to the new phenomenon of Shira emunit – “faith” or “religious” poetry – that has emerged in Israel in the last two decades. The debate, like some of the new developments it addressed, is indicative of a larger shift in Hebrew literature and Israeli culture. The secularity of Hebrew literature, a foundation of Israel’s dominant national‐secular high culture and virtually unquestioned for decades, is now being challenged. The article also traces the conflicting characteristics of Shira emunit by investigating the anthology Shira hadasha (1997) and Admiel Kosman’s poetry
Archaeology · Art · Epistemology · Faith · Foundation (evidence · Hebrew · Literature · Phenomenon · Poetry · Secularity · Sociology · Theology · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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