The anthology in Jewish literature / / edited by David Stern

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 808.8/98924
• Soggetto topico: Jewish literature - History and criticism; Anthologies; Rabbinical literature - History and criticism; Judaism - Literary collections - History; Jews - History
• Altri autori: SternDavid <1949->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The anthology in Jewish literature
• ISBN: 0-19-028592-3; 0-19-773821-4; 1-280-56005-3; 0-19-535024-3; 1-4237-6257-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819625103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.