{"product_id":"elie-wiesel-jewish-literary-and-moral-perspectives-jewish-literature-and-culture-9780253008053","title":"Elie Wiesel Jewish Literary and Moral Perspectives Jewish Literature and Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdds depth to our understanding of the impact of this important man of letters and towering international figure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no getting our minds entirely around this immense figure, but the editors come pretty close....This book is an absolute requirement for all university libraries and Jewish institutions; a pleasure for any educated reader.\u003c\/p\u003e * Jewish Book World *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[An] illuminating collection of 24 academic essays . . . [and a] valuable look back on Wiesel's heroic authorial career.\u003c\/p\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eClose, scholarly readings of a master storyteller's fiction, memoirs and essays suggest his uncommon breadth and depth...Criticism that enhances the appreciation of readers well-versed in the author's work.\u003c\/p\u003e * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin this book, prominent scholars in the fields of Biblical, Rabbinic, Hasidic, Holocaust, and literary studies offer fascinating and innovative analyses of Wiesel's texts as well as enlightening commentaries on his considerable influence as a teacher and as a moral voice for human rights. By exploring the varied aspects of Wiesel's multifaceted career—his texts on the Bible, the Talmud, and Hasidism as well as his literary works, his teaching, and his testimony—this thought-provoking volume adds depth to our understanding of the impact of this important man of letters and towering international figure.\u003c\/p\u003e * Examiner.com *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy exploring the varied aspects of Wiesel's multifaceted career—his texts on the Bible, the Talmud, morality and Hasidism as well as his literary works, his teaching, and his testimony—this thought provoking volume adds considerable depth to our understanding of his impact. \u003c\/p\u003e * New York Journal of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatz and Rosen's rich and accessible volume deepens our understanding of Wiesel's role as an intellectual and literary figure: a seminal Holocaust writer and witness, an innovative moral thinker, and an interpreter of Jewish texts and traditions. In sustained, consistent, and fluid analyses, the contributors provide powerful new insights and interpretations. It will remain the definitive collection of critical thinking onWiesel for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e * Holocaust and Genocide Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \\ Alan Rosen\u003cbr\u003ePart 1. Bible and Talmud\u003cbr\u003e 1. Alone with God: Wiesel's Writings on the Bible \\ Joel Rosenberg\u003cbr\u003e 2. Wiesel as Interpreter of Biblical Narrative \\ Everett Fox\u003cbr\u003e 3. Wiesel and Rabbi Akiva \\ Joseph Polak\u003cbr\u003e 4. Wiesel and the Stories of the Rabbis \\ Reuven Kimelman\u003cbr\u003ePart 2. Hasidism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Wiesel in the Context of Neo-Hasidism \\ Arthur Green\u003cbr\u003e 6. Reflections on Wiesel's Hasidic Tales \\ Steven T. Katz\u003cbr\u003e 7. Yearning for Sacred Place: Wiesel's Hasidic Tales and Postwar Hasidism \\ Nehemia Polen\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Hasidic Spark and the Holocaust \\ Gershon Greenberg\u003cbr\u003ePart 3. Belles Lettres\u003cbr\u003e 9. Lot's Wife and \"A Plea for the Dead\": Commemoration, Memory, and Shame \\ Nancy Harrowitz\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Storyteller in History: Shoah Memory and the Idea of the Novel \\ Sara R. Horowitz\u003cbr\u003e 11. Wiesel's Post-Auschwitz Shema Yisrael \\ Alan L. Berger\u003cbr\u003e 12. Dreams and Dialogues: Wiesel's Holocaust Memories \\ Ellen S. Fine\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Trauma of History in The Gates of the Forest \\ Victoria Aarons\u003cbr\u003e 14. Victims, Executioners, and the Ethics of Political Violence: A Levinasian Reading of Dawn \\ Jonathan Druker\u003cbr\u003ePart 4. Testimony\u003cbr\u003e 15. Dialectic Living and Thinking: Wiesel as Storyteller and Interpreter of the Shoah \\ Irving Greenberg\u003cbr\u003e 16. Wiesel's Aggadic Outcry \\ David Patterson\u003cbr\u003e 17. Whose Testimony? The Confusion of Fiction with Fact \\ Lawrence L. Langer\u003cbr\u003e 18. Wiesel's Testament \\ Oren Baruch Stier\u003cbr\u003e 19. Améry, Levi, Wiesel: The Futility of Holocaust Testimony \\ Alvin H. Rosenfeld\u003cbr\u003ePart 5. Legacies\u003cbr\u003e 20. With Shadows and With Song: Learning, Listening, Teaching \\ Alan Rosen\u003cbr\u003e 21. Teaching through Words, Teaching through Silence: Education after (and about) Auschwitz \\ Reinhold Boschki\u003cbr\u003e 22. Toward a Methodology of Wonder \\ Ariel Burger\u003cbr\u003e 23. Wiesel's Contribution to a Christian Understanding of Judaism \\ John K. Roth\u003cbr\u003e 24. Conscience \\ Irwin Cotler\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MH - Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090667696471,"sku":"9780253008053","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253008053.jpg?v=1762273005","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/elie-wiesel-jewish-literary-and-moral-perspectives-jewish-literature-and-culture-9780253008053","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}