Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and index.
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The Holocaust memorial museum: a built theodicy -- Negative epiphany: from Sinai to Washington -- From tent to temple: resurrection in Jerusalem -- A redeemer cometh: the survivor in the space -- The return of myth to history.
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The Holocaust Memorial Museum reveals and traces the transformation of ancient Jewish symbols, rituals, archetypes and narratives deployed in these sites. Demonstrating how cloaking the 'secular' history of the Holocaust in sacred garb, memorial museums generate redemptive yet conflicting visions of the meaning and utility of Holocaust memory.