| Does David Still Play Before You?: Israeli Poetry and the Bible Contributor(s): Jacobson, David C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814326234 ISBN-13: 9780814326237 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $44.54 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1997 Annotation: Does David Still Play Before You? explores the ways in which modern Israeli poets have made use of images from the Bible in their poetry. Jacobson closely reads fifty poems, featured in their original Hebrew and in English translation, to reveal how Israeli poets are influenced by the presence of the Bible in contemporary Israeli culture. This collection of many of Israeli's prominent poetic voices is an important text in understanding both the influence of the Bible in the culture and written work in Israel today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 892.416 |
| LCCN: 96017493 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6.26" W x 9.32" (1.29 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
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| Publisher Description: Does David Still Play Before You? explores the ways that contemporary Israeli poets have made use of images from the Bible in their poetry. Through close readings of fifty poems, featured in their original Hebrew and in English translation, David Jacobson studies how Israeli poets respond to and incorporate the Bible in their work and reflect on the presence of the Bible in contemporary Israeli culture. The book provides a stunning collection of powerful and moving voices. Jacobson organizes the works according to subjects that recur with great frequency in Israeli poetry based on the Bible: the Arab-Israel conflict, responses to the Holocaust, relations between men and women, and modern challenges to traditional religious faith. Jacobson's literary analysis is informed by an astute awareness of the role of the Bible in Israeli culture. This volume is the first comprehensive study of the use of the Bible by Israeli poets, a phenomenon that is central to the development of Israeli poetry. |