Reimagining the Bible: The Storytelling of the Rabbis
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Reimagining the Bible collects a dozen essays by Howard Schwartz. Together the essays present a coherent theory of the way in which each successive phase of Jewish literature has drawn upon and reimagined the previous ones. The book is organized into four sections: The Ancient Models; The Folk Tradition; Mythic Echoes; and Modern Jewish Literature and the Ancient Models. Within these divisions, each of the essays focuses on a specific genre, ranging from Torah and Aggadah to Kabbalah, fairy tales, and the modern Yiddish stories of S.Y. Agnon and Isaac Bashevis Singer.Arguing the important thesis that there is a continuity in Jewish literature which extends from the Biblical era to our own times—a period of over 3,000 years—this collection also serves as a guide to the history of that literature, and to the genres it comprises.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPt. IThe Ancient Models1Reimagining the Bible32The Aggadic Tradition123Tools of Interpretation31Pt. IIThe Folk Tradition4On Jewish Fairy Tales435Mermaid and Siren: The Polar Roles of Lilith and Eve566Jewish Tales of the Supernatural68Pt. IIIMythic Echoes7The Mythology of Judaism858Tales of the Great Jewish Mystics1009The Quest for the Lost Princess: Transition and Change in Jewish Lore131Pt. IVModern Jewish Literature and the Ancient Models10Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav: Forerunner of Modern Jewish Literature16311S.Y. Agnon, I.L. Peretz, and I.B. Singer: Modern Masters of the Aggadah17612Modern Jewish Literature and the Ancient Models188Notes203Glossary231Bibliography237Index273
