The seductiveness of Jewish myth : challenge or response? / edited by S. Daniel Breslauer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Breslauer, S. Daniel.

Series:

SUNY series in Judaica

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Congresses.

Judaism.

Myth in literature--Congresses.

Myth in literature.

Jews--Intellectual life--Congresses.

Jews.

Jews--Intellectual life.

Aggada--Congresses.

Aggada.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

vi, 317 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1997]

Summary:

The Seductiveness of Jewish Myth offers a panorama of diverse definitions of myth, understandings of Judaism, and competing evaluations of the "mythic" element in religion. The contributors focus on the problem of defining myth as a category in religious studies, examine modern religion and the role of myth in a "secularized" world, and look at specific cases of Jewish myth from biblical through modern times.

Notes:

Revised versions of papers delivered on March 6 and 7, 1994 during "Myth in the Biblical and Jewish Traditions: An Interdisciplinary Conference."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0791436012

0791436020

OCLC:

36498958