Rabbinic Fantasies
Subtitle: Imaginative Narratives from Classical Hebrew Literature
Contributors: Mark Jay Mirsky (Editor)
Edition: 1st ed. edition
Publisher: Jewish Pubn Society
Published: June 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780827603639
Subjects: Judaism; Midrash; Hebrew Literature; Fiction; Translations into English; Aggada; Jewish parables; Jewish religious fiction
First sentence: The mashal, or parable, is the most common narrative form used by rabbis in midrash to interpret the Torah.