Studies in modern Jewish literature / Arnold J. Band.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Band, Arnold J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1887-1970--Criticism and interpretation.

Agnon, Shmuel Yosef.

Band, Arnold J.

Jewish literature--History and criticism.

Jewish literature.

Hebrew literature--History and criticism.

Hebrew literature.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Jewish authors.

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This outstanding volume of 26 essays represents a cross-section of the writings of Arnold Band on Jewish literature. Band, a renowned Jewish studies and humanities scholar, writes on such topics as: literature in historic context, interpretations of Hasidic tales and other traditional texts, Zionism, S.Y. Agnon and other important Israeli writers, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Jewish studies, and the Jewish community. Scholars and students of Jewish studies and literature--particularly Jewish literature--won't want to miss this remarkable collection.

Contents:

Literature in its historical contexts

Interpretation of traditional texts

Israel and Zionism

Modern Hebrew literature

Other Hebrew writers

Anti-semitism and Holocaust

Jewish studies and the community.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8276-0972-8

OCLC:

676698377