LEADER 03051nam 22005533 450 001 9910821712403321 005 20240417040832.0 010 $a1-4384-0772-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000233888 035 $a(EBL)3408238 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000204436 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11175465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000204436 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10196094 035 $a(PQKB)10628734 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408238 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000233888 100 $a20151005h19871987 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aModern midrash $ethe retelling of traditional Jewish narratives by twentieth-century Hebrew writers /$fDavid C. Jacobson 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAlbany :$cState University of New York Press,$d1987. 210 4$aŠ1987 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 220 pages) 225 1 $aSUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-88706-323-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aThis book explores a central phenomenon in the development of modern Jewish literature: the retelling of tradtional Jewish narratives by twentieth-century writers. It shows how and toward what ends Biblical stories, legends, and Hasidic tales have been used in shaping modern Hebrew literature. 410 0$aSUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture 606 $aHebrew fiction$xHistory and criticism$vLegends 606 $aHasidim$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aHebrew fiction$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aHasidim$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a892.4/35/09382 700 $aJacobson$b David C.$f1947-$01615449 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821712403321 996 $aModern midrash$93975461 997 $aUNINA