Five Biblical Portraits / Elie Wiesel and Ariel Burger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016, author.

Burger, Ariel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Biblical.

Bible. Old Testament--Biography.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [1981]

Summary:

Nobel Peace Prize-winner Elie Wiesel brings ancient religious leaders to literary life, framing his commentary with pressing and enduring questions as a survivor and witness to the Holocaust.Five Biblical Portraits represents an old-new approach to Jewish textual commentary. This sequel to Elie Wiesel's Messengers of God continues the work done in that volume of bringing religious figures to life and studying their place both in the text and in our lives. Wiesel reflects on his own life as well as the tragedy of the Holocaust as he discusses each figure and adds personal framing and insight into the religious study. Through sensitive readings of the scriptures as well as the Talmudic and Hasidic sources, Wiesel illuminates Joshua, Elijah, Saul, Jeremiah, and Jonah. He seeks not simple answers but fully complex responses to the crucial questions of human suffering as he examines each religious figure in turn.Originally published in 1981, this new edition of Five Biblical Portraits includes a new text design, cover, and an introduction by Ariel Burger, which examines how Wiesel's post-Holocaust Midrash teaches us not only how to read the Bible but also how to read the world.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction to the 2023 Edition by Ariel Burger

Joshua

Elijah

Saul

Jeremiah

Jonah

Sources.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780268207335

026820733X

9780268207304

0268207305