This dissertation addresses a problem in the history of Israelite literature and religion long recognized by biblical scholars: what I call the “novelty” of biblical narrative. Long before Herodotus and even Homer, Israelite writers practiced a conspicuously innovative narrative…
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This dissertation explores alternative ways of representing memory and history in novels written by four authors with connection to the Maghreb. I examine how these texts question the necessity of basing memory on an unambiguous understanding of past events and instead function …