Modern midrash : the retelling of traditional Jewish narratives by twentieth-century Hebrew writers /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jacobson, David C., 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1987.
Series:SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture.
Subjects:
Bible > In literature.
Bible
Hebrew fiction > History and criticism.
Hasidim > Legends > History and criticism.
Roman hébraïque > Histoire et critique.
Hassidim > Légendes > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Jewish.
Hasidim
Hebrew fiction
Literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Legends.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Front Cover
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Table of Content
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Translation and Transliteration
  • Introduction: The Development of Modern Midrashin the Twentieth Century
  • Contents
  • Secular Scripture
  • Neo-Hasidic Tales: Micha Yosef Berdyczewski and Y.L. Peretz
  • The Creative Restoration of Legends: Chaim Nachman Bialik
  • Biblical Tales of the Wilderness: David Frischmann
  • Biblical Archetypes and the Modern Jewish Experience
  • The Life and Death of King Saul: Shaul Tchernichowsky.
  • Men and Women in the Bible: Yocheved Bat-Miriam
  • The Holocaust Survivor and the Bible: Amir Gilboa, Abba Kovner, and Dan Pagis
  • Uses and Abuses of Power in Ancient and Modern Israel: Nissim Aloni, Moshe Shamir, and Amos Oz
  • Back Matter
  • Conclusion: Traditional Heroesfor Modern Times
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover.

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