Rabbinic Fantasies
Subtitle: Imaginative Narratives from Classical Hebrew Literature (Yale Judaica Series)
Contributors: David Stern (Editor); Mark Jay Mirsky (Editor)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: March 30, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780300074024
Subjects: Jewish studies; Judaism; Hebrew Literature; Fiction; Religion - Judaism; Hebrew; Religion; Jewish; Judaism - General; Short Stories (Anthologies); Literary Criticism & Collections / Jewish; Anthologies (multiple authors); European - Italian
First sentence: The mashal, or parable, is the most common narrative form used by rabbis in midrash to interpret the Torah.