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The Charm of Wise Hesitancy: Talmudic Stories in Contemporary Israeli Culture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781618115546)
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xThis volume explores the growing fascination with Talmudic stories among secular and religious Israelis in recent decades, inspired by contemporary Israeli writers who have sought to make readers aware of the special qualities of these well-crafted narratives that portray universal human situations.
Author: David C. Jacobson
ISBN-10: 1618115545
ISBN-13: 9781618115546
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2017
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d
Author: David C. Jacobson
ISBN-10: 1618115545
ISBN-13: 9781618115546
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2017
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d
By David C. Jacobson
xDavid C. Jacobson is Professor of Judaic Studies at Brown University. He is author of Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-Century Hebrew Writers (State University of New York Press, 1987); Does David Still Play Before You? Israeli Poetry and the Bible (Wayne State University Press, 1997); Creator, Are You Listening? Israeli Poets on God and Prayer (Indiana University Press, 2007); Beyond Political Messianism: The Poetry of Second-Generation Religious Zionist Settlers (Academic Studies Press, 2011); Israeli and Palestinian Identities in History and Literature, edited with Kamal Abdel-Malek (St. Martin's Press, 1999); and History and Literature: New Readings of Jewish Texts in Honor of Arnold J. Band, edited with William Cutter (Brown Judaic Studies, 2002).
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