Israel in Exile : Jewish Writing and the Desert.

front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Representing Desert Wilderness in Jewish Narrative: Poetics and Politics -- 2. Justice and the Old/New Jewish Nation -- 3. Desert Space and National Consciousness -- 4. Immobilized Rebels on the Outskirts of the Promised Land -- 5. Sinai of the Diasporic Imagination -- 6. Wilderness as Experience and Metaphor -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.