The view from Jacob's ladder
Subtitle: one hundred midrashim
By: David Curzon.
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- Commentaries.; Bible. O.T. -- Meditations.
Description: Following his critically acclaimed Modern Poems on the Bible, David Curzon gives us The View from Jacob's Ladder: One Hundred Midrashim, a look at biblical and other classic Jewish texts through his witty poetry and prose. After exploring what modern poets made of these ancient tales and then using the literary devices he learned from the poets and from the ancient commentators, Curzon writes his own midrashim.

The View from Jacob's Ladder is a dialogue between the ancient and the modern, as is Modern Poems on the Bible; here, however, the modern voice is Curzon's alone. It is sometimes acerbic, sometimes playful, and speaks to all who are looking for modern approaches to ancient texts.
Notes: Includes index.