Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-Century Hebrew Writers

David C. Jacobson

Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-Century Hebrew Writers
Format
Paperback
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Country
United States
Published
2 January 1987
Pages
220
ISBN
9780887063251

Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-Century Hebrew Writers

David C. Jacobson

This book explores a central phenomenon in the development of modern Jewish literature: the retelling of tradtional Jewish narratives by twentieth-century writers. It shows how and toward what ends Biblical stories, legends, and Hasidic tales have been used in shaping modern Hebrew literature.

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