Author : Howard Schwartz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195355695
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Book Synopsis Reimagining the Bible by : Howard Schwartz
Download or read book Reimagining the Bible written by Howard Schwartz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.