{"product_id":"five-biblical-portraits-elie-wiesel-9780268207311","title":"Five Biblical Portraits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNobel Peace Prize-winner Elie Wiesel brings ancient religious leaders to literary life, framing his commentary with pressing and enduring questions as a survivor and witness to the Holocaust.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFive Biblical Portraits\u003c\/em\u003e represents an old-new approach to Jewish textual commentary. This sequel to Elie Wiesel's \u003cem\u003eMessengers of God\u003c\/em\u003e continues the work done in that volume of bringing religious figures to life and studying their place both in the text and in our lives. Wiesel reflects on his own life as well as the tragedy of the Holocaust as he discusses each figure and adds personal framing and insight into the religious study. Through sensitive readings of the scriptures as well as the Talmudic and Hasidic sources, Wiesel illuminates Joshua, Elijah, Saul, Jeremiah, and Jonah. He seeks not simple answers but fully complex responses to the crucial questions of human suffering as he examines each religious figure in turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1981, this new edition of \u003cem\u003eFive Biblical Portraits\u003c\/em\u003e includes a new text design, cover, and an introduction by Ariel Burger, which examines how Wiesel's post-Holocaust Midrash teaches us not only how to read the Bible but also how to read the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elie Wiesel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268207313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268207311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Elie Wiesel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44181207810303,"sku":"9780268207311","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ee18fb1-1633-4207-921d-f4c608572a8b.jpg?v=1690259158","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/five-biblical-portraits-elie-wiesel-9780268207311","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}