place
Israel (the people)
Israel
also: Izrael, the Israelites, the Jewish people, zsidó nép
The people of Israel (Hebrew: Bene Yisrael, Children of Israel), the enslaved Semitic nation whose liberation from Egypt is the drama's subject; Madách portrays them with unsparing realism — capable of both heroism and base self-interest, but ultimately worthy of their covenant.
Reading notes
- Moses §1 Izrael
The people of Israel (Hebrew: Bene Yisrael, Children of Israel), the enslaved Semitic nation whose liberation from Egypt is the drama's subject; Madách portrays them with unsparing realism — capable of both heroism and base self-interest, but ultimately worthy of their covenant.