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

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Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-Century Hebrew Writers - Jacobson, David C
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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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Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-Century Hebrew Writers 1987, State University of New York Press, Albany, NY

ISBN-13: 9780887063237

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Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-Century Hebrew Writers 1987, State University of New York Press, Albany, NY

ISBN-13: 9780887063251

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