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Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-Century Hebrew Writers (SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture) by David C. Jacobson is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-Century Hebrew Writers (SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture) about?
<i>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.</i><br><br>
Who reads Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-Century Hebrew Writers (SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- David C. Jacobson
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press; State Univ of New York Pr
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780887063251
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- History, Literary Fiction, Poetry
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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