Reading Hebrew Literature
Author: Alan L. Mintz
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781584652007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSix classic texts of modern Hebrew literature viewed from a variety of critical perspectives.
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Author: Alan L. Mintz
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781584652007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSix classic texts of modern Hebrew literature viewed from a variety of critical perspectives.
Author: Miiko Shaffier
Publisher:
Published: 2020-06
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780997867527
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe same as the original bestseller but in a smaller, more convenient, travel size that will fit in your bag.
Author: Fern Margolis
Publisher: Dr. Fern Margolis
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 0759672466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJC and Me is a personal journey that spans 33 years. Mark writes about Christianity as a relationship, rather than a list of dos and don'ts. As he details many of the concepts of Christian ministry, he continuously reminds the reader about the relationship with Jesus. At the end of each chapter, Mark adds experiences from his personal life that express what the chapter is all about. This book challenges the reader to rethink what he/she believes. Dare I say that it encourages the reader to explore Christianity from outside of the box? After centuries of doctrine and dogma, JC and Me presents Christianity as a relationship, a journey. Begin your own journey!
Author: Amos Oz
Publisher: HMH
Published: 1991-03-28
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 0547563884
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThree stories of “sensuous prose and indelible imagery” that re-create the world of Jerusalem during the last days of the British Mandate (The New York Times). Refugees drawn to Jerusalem in search of safety are confronted by activists relentlessly preparing for an uprising, oblivious to the risks. Meanwhile, a wife abandons her husband, and a dying man longs for his departed lover. Among these characters lives a boy named Uri, a friend and confidant of several conspirators who love and humor him as he weaves in and out of all three stories. The Hill of Evil Counsel is “as complex, vivid, and uncompromising as Jerusalem itself” (The Nation). “Oz evokes Israeli life with the same sly precision with which Chekhov evoked pre-Revolutionary Russian life.” —Los Angeles Times
Author: Joseph R. Hacker
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2011-08-19
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 081220509X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe rise of printing had major effects on culture and society in the early modern period, and the presence of this new technology—and the relatively rapid embrace of it among early modern Jews—certainly had an effect on many aspects of Jewish culture. One major change that print seems to have brought to the Jewish communities of Christian Europe, particularly in Italy, was greater interaction between Jews and Christians in the production and dissemination of books. Starting in the early sixteenth century, the locus of production for Jewish books in many places in Italy was in Christian-owned print shops, with Jews and Christians collaborating on the editorial and technical processes of book production. As this Jewish-Christian collaboration often took place under conditions of control by Christians (for example, the involvement of Christian typesetters and printers, expurgation and censorship of Hebrew texts, and state control of Hebrew printing), its study opens up an important set of questions about the role that Christians played in shaping Jewish culture. Presenting new research by an international group of scholars, this book represents a step toward a fuller understanding of Jewish book history. Individual essays focus on a range of issues related to the production and dissemination of Hebrew books as well as their audiences. Topics include the activities of scribes and printers, the creation of new types of literature and the transformation of canonical works in the era of print, the external and internal censorship of Hebrew books, and the reading interests of Jews. An introduction summarizes the state of scholarship in the field and offers an overview of the transition from manuscript to print in this period.
Author: Shalom Aleichem
Publisher:
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lewis Glinert
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2018-09-11
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 0691183090
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Story of Hebrew explores the extraordinary hold that Hebrew has had on Jews and Christians, who have invested it with a symbolic power far beyond that of any other language in history. Preserved by the Jews across two millennia, Hebrew endured long after it ceased to be a mother tongue, resulting in one of the most intense textual cultures ever known. Hebrew was a bridge to Greek and Arab science, and it unlocked the biblical sources for Jerome and the Reformation. Kabbalists and humanists sought philosophical truth in it, and Colonial Americans used it to shape their own Israelite political identity. Today, it is the first language of millions of Israelis. A major work of scholarship, The Story of Hebrew is an unforgettable account of what one language has meant and continues to mean.
Author: Sara Rosen
Publisher:
Published: 2007-10-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781495130731
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tod Linafelt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-04-12
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 0199910472
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Hebrew Bible, or Christian Old Testament, contains some of the finest literature that we have. This biblical literature has a place not only in the synagogue or the church but also among the classics of world literature. The stories of Jacob and David, for instance, present the earliest surviving examples of literary characters whose development the reader follows over the length of a lifetime. Elsewhere, as in the books of Esther or Ruth, readers find a snapshot of a particular, fraught moment that will define the character. The Hebrew Bible also provides quite a few high points of lyric poetry, from the praise and lament of the Psalms to the double entendres in the love of poetry of the Song of Songs. In short, the Bible can be celebrated not only as religious literature but, quite simply, as literature. This book offers a thorough and lively introduction to the Bible's two primary literary modes, narrative and poetry, foregrounding the nuances of plot, character, metaphor, structure and design, and intertextual allusions. Tod Linafelt thus gives readers the tools to fully experience and appreciate the Old Testament's literary achievement. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author: T. Carmi
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2006-06-29
Total Pages: 964
ISBN-13: 0141966602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis stunning anthology gathers together the riches of poetry in Hebrew from 'The Song of Deborah' to contemporary Israeli writings. Verse written up to the tenth century show the development of piyut, or liturgical poetry, and retell episodes from the Bible and exalt the glory of God. Medieval works introduce secular ideas in love poems, wine songs and rhymed narratives, as well as devotional verse for specific religious rituals. Themes such as the longing for the homeland run through the ages, especially in verse written after the rise of the Zionist movement, while poems of the last century marry Biblical references with the horrors of the Holocaust. Together these works create a moving portrait of a rich and varied culture through the last 3,000 years.