Rabbinic Fantasies Imaginative Narratives from Classical Hebrew Literature

Description:

This remarkable anthology of sixteen narratives from ancient and medieval Hebrew texts opens a new window onto the Jewish imagination. Presenting the captivating world of rabbinic storytelling, it reveals facets of the Jewish experience and tradition that would otherwise have remained unknown and examines the surprisingly deep connection between the values of classical Judaism and the art of imaginative narrative writing.

Selected Reviews:

"No other anthology offers the English reader such a fluent but at the same time scripturally responsible rendering of classical Hebrew literature."

--David G. Roskies, Commentary