Reading The Bible In The Pre-modern World

Interpretation, Performance And Image. Introduction / Chanita Goodblatt And Howard Kreisel -- Christian Biblical Readings : Epic Vs. Tragedy: The Book Of Job And Its Renaissance Readers / Hannibal Hamlin -- The End Of The Tudors: Unhappy Families In 2 Samuel And Hamlet / Lori Anne Ferrell -- Israelite Return From Exile: Aspects Of Silence In Works By Samuel Smith, John Bunyan, Abiezer Coppe And Theauraujohn Tany / Noam Flinker -- Vashti On Display: Medieval Christian Meditations On A Disobedient Queen / Tovi Bibring -- Remaking Esther In Italian Art, Theater And Preaching / Nirit Ben-aryeh Debby -- Jewish Biblical Readings: Pregnant Contradictions: Inconsistencies In Rashi's Account Of Esau's And Jacob's Religious And Moral Development In The Rashi Supercommentary Tradition / Eric Lawee -- The Torah Comments Of Yeḥiel Of Paris: Mediating Between Peshat And Derash / Ephraim Kanarfogel -- Illuminating The Account Of Creation (ma'aseh Bereshit) In Hebrew Manuscripts From Ashkenaz / Sara Offenberg -- Cultural Transfer, Conflict, And Creativity: How Ashkenazic Jews Retold The Story Of The Binding Of Isaac / Oren Cohen Roman -- The Lord Saw That Leah Was Hated:the Figure Of Leah In Light Of The Medieval Jewish-christian Polemic / Oded Yisraeli -- Essays: The Demonization Of Laban In Jewish Tradition / Naomi Graetz -- The Motif Of God's Wrath From The Bible To The Zohar: Dividuation And Individuation Of A Literary Character / Piero Capelli -- Index. Edited By Chanita Goodblatt, Howard Kreisel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Publisher:

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press

Pages:

425

Date Published:

2021