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Smashing the Tablets : Radical Retellings of the Hebrew Bible / edited by Sara Lippmann and Seth Rogoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Excelsior editions.
- Excelsior Editions Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Jewish authors.
- American literature.
- Judaism and literature--United States.
- Judaism and literature.
- Jews--United States--Intellectual life.
- Jews.
- Jews in literature.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- Provocative new readings of biblical texts by major contemporary Jewish writers.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword: You Suck and Other Stories
- 1. The Very Good God
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two: The Set-Up
- Chapter Three
- 2. The Very Good Wolf
- 3.
- 4.
- 5. The Very Good Shark
- 6.
- 7.
- Introduction
- Notes
- Bibliography
- 1. Lilith in God's Hands
- 2. Look at Her Xyxs, Her Brxght, Brxght Xyxs
- 3. Cain and Abel
- 4. Cain
- 5. Are You Still Alive
- 6. Ess and O
- 7. Lot's Daughters
- 8. Binding Variations
- Isaac's Age
- Isaac and Bob Dylan
- Isaac and Søren Kierkegaard
- Isaac and 9/11
- Isaac and Love
- 9. Bilhah and Zilpah Made Me Yearn for Torah
- 10. A Little East of Jordan
- 11. The Story of Dinah
- 12. Plagues
- 13. Mount Sinai and Me
- 14. Make It Mean Something
- 15. Upon the Hills with Jephthah's Daughter
- 16. How David Leaves
- 17. Once a Witch
- Genesis
- Apocrypha
- Judges
- 18. Isaiah and Power
- 19. The Job Book
- 20. Root
- 21. Bauhaus City
- The Walls
- The Stairwell
- The Pillars
- The Balcony
- The Rooftop
- 22. Haman
- 23. Scroll of Stars
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- 5
- Contributors.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9798855801163
- OCLC:
- 1511106049
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