from "Apples of gold in silver settings" to "Imperial messages" /
Gila Safran Naveh
Albany, N.Y. :
State University of New York Press,
c2000
xviii, 294 p. ;
24 cm
SUNY series on modern Jewish literature and culture
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-283) and index
The nature and structure of parables -- Biblical parables : the parable of the poor man's ewe lamb -- Synoptic gospel parables : the parable of the marriage feast -- Rabbinic parables : the parable of the king's banquet -- Chassidic parables : two kinds of faith -- Wisdom lost : modern parables -- Franz Kafka : an imperial message -- Jorge Luis Borges : the parable of Cervantes and The Quixote -- Italo Calvino : cities and signs -- S.Y. Agnon : befor the Kaddish -- Toward a conclusion : "Some fabulous yonder."
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Bible-- Parables
Jewish parables-- History and criticism
Literature, Modern-- 20th century-- History and criticism