from "Apples of gold in silver settings" to "Imperial messages" /
First Statement of Responsibility
Gila Safran Naveh
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Albany, N.Y. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
State University of New York Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2000
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xviii, 294 p. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
SUNY series on modern Jewish literature and culture
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-283) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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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TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Bible-- Parables
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Jewish parables-- History and criticism
Literature, Modern-- 20th century-- History and criticism