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Reimagining the Bible: The Storytelling of the Rabbis

By Howard Schwartz

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1998
ISBN
0195115112, 9780195115116, 0195104994, 9780195104998
LCC
BM516.5 .S39 1998
Google Books ID
CqRPGeNbpooC
Open Library ID
OL7387880M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1492758 bytes)
Pages
297\297
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Reimagining the Bible collects a dozen essays by Howard Schwartz. Together the essays present a coherent theory of the way in which each successive phase of Jewish literature has drawn upon and reimagined the previous ones. The book is organized into four sections: The Ancient Models; The Folk Tradition; Mythic Echoes; and Modern Jewish Literature and the Ancient Models. Within these divisions, each of the essays focuses on a specific genre, ranging from Torah and Aggadah to Kabbalah, fairy tales, and the modern Yiddish stories of S.Y. Agnon and Isaac Bashevis Singer.Arguing the important thesis that there is a continuity in Jewish literature which extends from the Biblical era to our own times--a period of over 3,000 years--this collection also serves as a guide to the history of that literature, and to the genres it comprises.

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