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| Genre/Form: | Sources |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Classics of Jewish literature. New York : Philosophical Library, c1987 (OCoLC)565041426 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Leo Lieberman; Arthur F Beringause |
| ISBN: | 0802220924 9780802220929 |
| OCLC Number: | 13423235 |
| Description: | 432 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | [Part I.] The Biblical Era. The Bible - The book of Job; The book of Ruth -- The apocrypha - Tobit; the wisdom of Jesus Ben Sirach -- Dead Sea Scrolls - Hymn of the initiants -- Josephus - El'Azar's oration -- Philo - Of God and man -- The Talmud - Gemara: comments on charity; Mishnah: Pirke Avot -- [Part II.] Drama. S. Anski - The Dybbuk -- Sholem Asch - God of vengeance -- Peretz Hirschbein - Green Fields -- H. Leivick - The Golem -- David Pinski - King David and his Wives -- [Part III.] Non-Fiction. Ahad Ha'am - Semi-Consolation -- Ahimaaz ben Paltiel - A book of genealogies -- Bahya Ben Joseph ibn Pakuda - Duties of the Heart -- Martin Buber - I and Thou -- Joseph Caro - The law of honoring teachers and learned men -- Albert Einstein - The Jews of Israel -- Eldad ha-Dani - The travels of Eldad the Danite -- Eliezer of Maience - An ethical will -- Anne Frank - Diary -- Glückel of Hameln - Zipporah's wedding -- Jehudah Halevi - The kusari -- Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon) - Precepts; thirteen principles of faith (Ani Ma'amin) -- Moses Mendelsohn - Convictions -- Responsa - Rabbenu Gershom Ben Judah: a rabbi's livelihood; Isaac Alfasi: contract with a teacher -- Baruch Spinoza - The god of man's making -- The Zohar - Jonah -- [Part IV.] Fiction. Shmuel Yosef Agnon - The rejuvenating years -- Sholem Asch - Moses -- Lion Feuchtwanger - Kabbalists -- Theodor Herzl - Old-new land -- Mendele Mokher Sefarim - The nag; the Sabbath of the poor -- Isaac Leib Peretz - The Rabbi of Nemirov -- Sholem Aleichem - The passover guest; Elijah the Prophet -- Isaac Bashevis Singer - The strong ones -- Israel Zangwill - The Sabbath-breaker -- [Part V. Folklore] Berechiah Ben Natronai Ha Nakdan - Crow & fox; ox, lion, ram; wolf & cattle -- Martin Buber - The severe penance -- Chelm Folktales - Legends -- The Midrash - Wisdom; Tales -- Israel Zangwill - The master of the name -- [Part VI.] Poetry. Hayyim Nachman Bialik - Night; The Sabbath queen; Where are you?; The city of slaughter; To a bird -- Uri Zevi Greenberg - To God in Europe -- Jehudah Halevi - A letter to his friend, Isaac; My heart is in the East; Longing for Jerusalem; Love songs -- Heinrich Heine - Donna Clara -- Abraham Ibn Ezra - When the morning of life had passed; The song of chess -- Solomon Ibn Gabirol - Night; Night-thoughts; Meditations -- Emma Lazarus - The banner of the Jew; Gifts; The feast of lights -- Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev - Song of complaint -- Rachel - Perhaps; Rachel -- Isaac Rosenberg - The Jew; The destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian hordes; Chagrin -- Nellie Sachs - You who looked on -- Saul Tchernichovsky - Credo; Before the statue of Apollo -- Yehoash (Solomon Bloomgarden) - An old song; Jephthah's daughter; People; The strongest. |
| Responsibility: | [edited by] Leo Lieberman & Arthur Beringause. |
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