Lawrence M Wills-Ancient Jewish Novels An Anthology AAR Cultural Criticism Series 2002
- Authors
- Wills, Lawrence M.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Tags
- anthologies
- ISBN
- 9780195151411
- Date
- 2002-10-03T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.33 MB
- Lang
- en
In the Greco-Roman period there arose among the Jews a new genre for re-telling Bible stories and for composing new religious stories as well. This genre was the novel. This volume brings together in translation all the ancient Jewish novels and fragments of novels. Included are texts from the Old Testament Apocrypha, several historical novels, and selections from the Testaments of the 12 Patriarchs.