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Canon and creativity
modern writing and the authority of scripture
By Alter, Robert
- ISBN
- 978-0-30008-424-5
- Publisher
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2000
Alter (Hebrew and comparative literature, Berkeley; Necessary Angels) discusses the biblical canon (and the nature of literary canonical writing) as an open system for change and imaginative response. He shows how postbiblical Hebrew writers Ibn Gabirol (1021-1050s), Samuel HaNagid (993-1056), Judah Halevi (1075?-c.1141), Haim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934),...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
