Jewish literature

A paradigmatic statement is made in the narrative that begins with Genesis and ends with Joshua. In the early chapters of Genesis, the divine is described as the creator of humankind and the entire natural order. In the stories of…

New Jewish voices were heard in the fiction of E.L. Doctorow, noted for his mingling of the historical with the fictional in novels such as Ragtime (1975) and The Waterworks (1994) and in the work of Cynthia Ozick, whose best story, Envy; or, Yiddish in America…

…Jewish author in Brazil, did Jewish expression receive more attention. Scliar’s work transmits a multicultural perspective on ethnicity and national culture that humorously grapples with difference, identity, and allegiance, as in O centauro no jardim (1980; The Centaur in the Garden) and A estranha nação de Rafael Mendes (1983; The…

Literature has been the home of Jewish artistic activity throughout the ages. The Hebrew Bible is a work of monumental artistry, exhibiting grandeur of form and language in historical narrative, poetry, rhetoric, law, and aphorism. The extra-scriptural writings of the period disclose literary genius…