Reimagining the Bible - The Storytelling of the Rabbis

Klappentext 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; 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! over a period of more than 3!000 years! this collection also serves as a guide to the history of that literature! and to the genres it comprises. Zusammenfassung This is a collection of essays drawn from Schwartz's previously published work in which he explores how each successive phase of Jewish literature has drawn upon and reimagined the previous ones. Arguing that there is a continuity in Jewish literature which extends from the biblical era to our own times! this collection serves as a useful guide to the history of that literature and its genres.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Schwartz, Howard (Professor of English Schwartz, Schwartz Howard
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.1998
• EAN: 9780195104998
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510499-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; RELIGION / Judaism / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, RELIGION / Reference, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Literary studies: general, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Semitic Languages, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts