The Jewish Family: Metaphor and Memory

Carefully arguing that many common assumptions about the traditional Jewish family are mistaken, this outstanding collection of essays--many previously unpublished--by thirteen leading scholars, explores the subject both in its historical reality and as it has been perceived and imagined by Jews over the centuries. Writing for a conference held at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America the contributors, including Robert Alter, Mordecai Friedman,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195054679
• ISBN13: 9780195054675
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"