This outstanding volume of 26 essays represents a cross-section of the writings of Arnold Band on Jewish literature. Band, a renowned Jewish studies and humanities scholar, writes on such topics as: literature in historic context, interpretations of Hasidic tales and other traditional texts, Zionism, S.Y. Agnon and other important Israeli writers, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Jewish studies, and the Jewish community. Scholars and students of Jewish studies and literature-particularly Jewish literature-won't want to miss this remarkable collection.
- ISBN10 0827607628
- ISBN13 9780827607620
- Publish Date 1 January 2004
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Jewish Publication Society
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 440
- Language English