| Biblical Parables and Their Modern Re-Creation: From "Apples of Gold in Silver Settings" to "Imperial Messages" Contributor(s): Naveh, Gila Safran (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791443981 ISBN-13: 9780791443989 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: In Biblical Parables and Their Modern Re-creations, Gila Safran Naveh carefully charts the historical transformation of these deceptively simple narratives to reveal fundamental shifts in their form, function, and most significantly, their readers' cognitive processes. Bringing together for the first time parables from the Scriptures, the synoptic Gospels, Chassidic tales, and medieval philosophy with the mashal, the rabbinic parables commonly used to interpret Scripture, this book brilliantly contrasts the rhetorical strategies of ancient parables with more recent examples of the genre by Kafka, Borges, Calvino, and Agnon. By using an interdisciplinary approach and insights from current semiotic, linguistic, psychoanalytic, and gender theories, Naveh reveals a dramatic social, cultural, and political shift in the way we view the divine. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Religion | Biblical Studies - General |
| Dewey: 809.915 |
| LCCN: 99013726 |
| Series: SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.87" W x 8.89" (0.91 lbs) 294 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |