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Biblical Parables and Their Modern Re-Creations : From Apples of Gold in Silver Settings to Imperial Messages.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture SeriesPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 1999Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (315 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781438414348
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Biblical Parables and Their Modern Re-CreationsDDC classification:
  • 809/.915
LOC classification:
  • PN56.P23 -- N38 2000eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Matter -- Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Tables -- List Of Figures -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Contents -- PART I: In Pursuit of Wisdom -- CHAPTER 1: The Nature and Structure of Parables -- PART II: Apples of Gold -- CHAPTER 2: Biblical Parables: The Parable of the Poor Man's Ewe Lamb -- CHAPTER 3: Synoptic Gospel Parables: The Parable of the Marriage Feast -- CHAPTER 4: Rabbinic Parables: The Parable of the King's Banquet -- CHAPTER 5: Chassidic Parables: Two Kinds of Faith -- PART III: Imperial Messages -- CHAPTER 6: Wisdom Lost: Modern Parables -- CHAPTER 7: Franz Kafka: An Imperial Message -- CHAPTER 8: Jorge Luis Borges: The Parable of Cervantes and The Quixote -- CHAPTER 9: Itala Calvina: Cities and Signs -- CHAPTER 10: S. Y. Agnon: An Opening to Kaddish -- TOWARD A CONCLUSION: "SOME FABULOUS YONDER -- Back Matter -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Back Cover.
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Front Matter -- Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Tables -- List Of Figures -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Contents -- PART I: In Pursuit of Wisdom -- CHAPTER 1: The Nature and Structure of Parables -- PART II: Apples of Gold -- CHAPTER 2: Biblical Parables: The Parable of the Poor Man's Ewe Lamb -- CHAPTER 3: Synoptic Gospel Parables: The Parable of the Marriage Feast -- CHAPTER 4: Rabbinic Parables: The Parable of the King's Banquet -- CHAPTER 5: Chassidic Parables: Two Kinds of Faith -- PART III: Imperial Messages -- CHAPTER 6: Wisdom Lost: Modern Parables -- CHAPTER 7: Franz Kafka: An Imperial Message -- CHAPTER 8: Jorge Luis Borges: The Parable of Cervantes and The Quixote -- CHAPTER 9: Itala Calvina: Cities and Signs -- CHAPTER 10: S. Y. Agnon: An Opening to Kaddish -- TOWARD A CONCLUSION: "SOME FABULOUS YONDER -- Back Matter -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Back Cover.

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