The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World (Myth and Poetics)

By Lawrence M. Wills

Book Overview

Lawrence M. Wills delineates the techniques and motifs of the Jewish novel, shows how the genre both initiated and distanced itself from nonfictional prose, and describes the social conditions governing its emergence and reception. He also places the Jewish novel in historical context, between the Hebrew Bible and subsequent developments in Jewish and Christian literature.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801430755
• ISBN13: 9780801430756
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.