Five Biblical Portraits

Elie Wiesel

Description

Five Biblical Portraits is a sequel to Elie Weisel's Messengers of God; in this work Wiesel enhances his well-known skill in bringing ancient religious figures to literary life with his stories of: Joshua, Elijah, Saul, Jeremiah, and Jonah.

Wiesel illuminates Joshua, Saul, Elijah, Jeremiah, and Jonah through sensitive readings of the scriptures as well as the Talmudic and Hasidic sources. As a sequel to his book, Messengers of God, this work brings ancient religious figures to literary life and emphasizes the personal struggles within the awesome missions of these men.

Sujets

• Jewish Studies
• Philosophie et théologie
• Judaísmo jasídico
• Religious text
• Theology
• Saul
• Orthodox
• Jonah
• Judaism
• Hasidic Judaism
• Jeremiah
• Religion
• Joshua
• History
• Saül (homonymie)
• Elijah

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 28 février 1990
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268079611
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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Té Jé o Śéce

lééd o Ou Té

A Béa  Jéuae

Oe Geea to Até

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Te Tétaet

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ÛNiversity oF ote  àme Press ote  àE

Copyright © 1981 by Elie Wiesel

University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu

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Publishedin the United States of America Paperback reprinted in 1986, 1989, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2014

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Wiesel, Elie, 1928– Five Biblical portraits

Bibliography : p. Contents: Joshua—Elijah—Saul—[etc.] ISBN 0-268-00957-0 (cl.) ISBN 13: 978-0-268-00962-5 (pbk) ISBN 10: 0-268-00962-7 (pbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-268-07961-1 (web pdf) 1. Bible. O.T.—Bibliography. I. Title BS571.W547 221.9'22 [B] 81-40458 AACR2

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