Modern Midrash

Modern MidrashExplores a central phenomenon in the development of modern Jewish literature: the retelling of tradtional Jewish narratives by twentieth century writers. It shows how and toward what ends Biblical stories, legends, and Hasidic tales have been used in shaping modern Hebrew literature. This book explores a central phenomenon in the development of modern Jewish literature: the retelling of tradtional Jewish narratives by twentieth century writers. It

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recovered the Egyptian past while inventing it anew

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Sigurðsson argues that Confucius and his immediate followers did not endorse a program of returning to the Zhou tradition