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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819625103321

Titolo

The anthology in Jewish literature / / edited by David Stern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-028592-3

0-19-773821-4

1-280-56005-3

0-19-535024-3

1-4237-6257-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

SternDavid <1949->

Disciplina

808.8/98924

Soggetti

Jewish literature - History and criticism

Anthologies

Rabbinical literature - History and criticism

Judaism - Literary collections - History

Jews - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

CIP entry (Aug.)

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1. The Anthology in Jewish Literature: An Introduction; I. ANCIENT ISRAEL AND CLASSICAL JUDAISM; 2. Anthology in the Torah and the Question of Deuteronomy; 3. Wisdom and the Anthological Temper; 4. Order, Sequence, and Selection: The Mishnah's Anthological Choices; 5. Anthological Dimensions of the Babylonian Talmud; 6. Anthology and Polysemy in Classical Midrash; II. THE MIDDLE AGES; 7. The Prayerbook (Siddur) as an Anthology of Judaism; 8. Yalqut Shim'oni and the Medieval Midrashic Anthology; 9. The Hebrew Narrative Anthology in the Middle Ages

10. Midrash Rabbah and the Medieval Collector MentalityIII. THE MODERN PERIOD; 11. Homo Anthologicus: Micha Joseph Berdyczewski and the Anthological Genre; 12. Sefer Ha'aggadah: Creating a Classic Anthology; 13. The Ingathering of Traditions: Zionism's Anthology Projects; 14. Gender and the Anthological Tradition in Modern Yiddish



Poetry; 15. "Our Poetry Is Like an Orange Grove": Anthologies of Hebrew Poetry in Eretz Yisrael; 16. Anthologizing the Vernacular: Collections of Yiddish Literature in English Translation

17. Textualizing the Tales of the People of the Book: Folk Narrative Anthologies and National Identity in Modern Israel18. The Holocaust According to Its Anthologists

Sommario/riassunto

The anthology has been a ubiquitous presence in Jewish literature throughout its history, and has played a seminal role in the creation, transmission, and preservation of Jewish culture since ancient times. This book comprises 18 essays devoted to anthological works in Jewish literature from the Bible to the present.