03052nam 2200541Ia 450 991082171240332120200520144314.01-4384-0772-6(CKB)2670000000233888(EBL)3408238(SSID)ssj0000204436(PQKBManifestationID)11175465(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000204436(PQKBWorkID)10196094(PQKB)10628734(MiAaPQ)EBC3408238(EXLCZ)99267000000023388819860204d1987 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierModern midrash the retelling of traditional Jewish narratives by twentieth-century Hebrew writers /David C. Jacobson1st ed.Albany, N.Y. State University of New York Pressc19871 online resource (xi, 220 pages)SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-88706-323-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-214) and index.""Front Matter ""; ""Front Cover""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Content""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note on Translation and Transliteration""; ""Introduction: The Development of Modern Midrashin the Twentieth Century""; ""Contents""; ""Secular Scripture""; ""Neo-Hasidic Tales: Micha Yosef Berdyczewski and Y. L. Peretz""; ""The Creative Restoration of Legends: Chaim Nachman Bialik""; ""Biblical Tales of the Wilderness: David Frischmann""; ""Biblical Archetypes and the Modern Jewish Experience""""The Life and Death of King Saul: Shaul Tchernichowsky"" ""Men and Women in the Bible: Yocheved Bat-Miriam""; ""The Holocaust Survivor and the Bible: Amir Gilboa, Abba Kovner,and Dan Pagis""; ""Uses and Abuses of Power in Ancient and Modern Israel: Nissim Aloni, Moshe Shamir, and Amos Oz""; ""Back Matter""; ""Conclusion: Traditional Heroes for Modern Times""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""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.SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and CultureHebrew fictionHistory and criticismHasidimLegendsHistory and criticismHebrew fictionHistory and criticism.HasidimLegendsHistory and criticism.892.4/35/09382Jacobson David C.1947-1615449MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821712403321Modern midrash3975461UNINA