![]() “What follows is an anthropological essay … written in a layered, complex, archeological prose that is Jamesian … The effect of Gamliel’s intimate, subtle, implicative prose is to create a sense of the ultimate, of transcendence and its secular mystery, of a deep layer of sensation and metaphysical awareness underneath the prose. Reading it is a key for theatre going which is second to none.” (Haim Hazan, Professor Emeritus, Departmetn of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University, Israel) ![]() Gamliel’s unique book is a literary masterpiece of theatrical art in its own right. ![]() Gamliel summons variegated fields of knowledge to invite the dumbfounded reader to a hall of mirrors of illusions and allusions that is both mesmerizing and tantalizing to the extent of immersed discontent and wondrous commitment to the deceitful truth of the spectacle. This is a revelatory moment that emanates from the inimitable drama of “seeing the voices” as resounded in the revelation of Sinai that inspires and constitutes the Judeo-Christian epoch of theatre. The sacred space of theatre casts a spell on both audience and actors who share a cosmological aura that envelops the experience. “With a literary flair and intellectual thrust Tova Gamliel opens a secret door as she ushers us to take a seat in the upper circle of the theatre of theatres-the spectaculum.
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