Imagery from Genesis in Holocaust memoirs : a critical study
TitleImagery from Genesis in Holocaust memoirs : a critical study
Author
Call number940.53180922/0087
Object number07488
Place of publicationJefferson, North Carolina, United States
PublisherMcFarland & Co.
Year of publication
2010
Physical descriptionvii, 196p.,index,bibliography
MaterialBook
ISBN9780786448173
Description
"In the life stories of Holocaust survivors, biblical imagery can be invoked to explicate the unexplainable, to make real the unreal. This text examines the role of Genesis in the autobiographies of survivors. Three main concerns converge: the literary nature of Biblical allusion, the contextual history of the Holocaust, and Midrashic considerations that arise from biblical reference"