Language:
English
Year of publication:
2018
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Film & New Media; an International Journal
Angaben zur Quelle:
6,2 (2018) 137-157
Keywords:
Jesus In motion pictures
;
Jesus Crucifixion
;
Isaac In motion pictures
;
Akedah
;
Motion pictures
;
Motion pictures Political aspects
;
Sacrifice in motion pictures
;
Arab-Israeli conflict Motion pictures and the conflict
Abstract:
This essay examines the integration of the Christian narrative of sacrifice-the Crucifixion-into contemporary Israeli cinema. This story has gradually seeped into the more dominant narrative of sacrifice in Israeli culture: that of the biblical Binding of Isaac. The article draws particular attention to a significant transition in the representation of human sacrifice in Israeli political cinema dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and examines the significant political impact of this transition on the Israeli national narrative. The article questions the ways these narratives of self-sacrifice are incorporated in the films and what the Israeli cinematic perspective on the conflict gains from this use of Christian themes as a way to obtain public penance, forgiveness, and redemption.
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