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<p>From reviews of the first edition:<br> "The first book-length effort to lay out the pieces of Joyce's complicated affinities with the Jews. . . . Joyce saw in language per se something of the power, the magic, that energized much of Judaic study. And it is here that Nadel's study strikes me as both more sophisticated in its scholarly approach and more knowledgeable about the connectors between Joyce and Judaism than previous critics. . . . Nadel's thesis makes good sense—both in Joycean and in Judaic terms. Indeed, it is this happy combination that makes Joyce and the Jews worth 're-joycing' about."—Sanford Pinsker, Modern Judaism<br> "As Ira Nadel amply demonstrates, Joyce's affinities with the Jews, whether in their way of life or in their beliefs, impinged upon his personal and artistic development. Why Joyce ever identified with the Jews—a central question never systematically studied before—forms the subject matter of this carefully documented and ably argued book."—Dominic Manganiello, James Joyce Quarterly<br> "A short, lucid book filled with detailed accounts of Jewish history and culture, which are adroitly linked to Joyce's biography, letters, the books in his libra

Author

Ira Bruce Nadel

Publisher

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780877452218

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Judaism, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24