Imagery from Genesis in Holocaust memoirs: a critical study
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Imagery from Genesis in Holocaust memoirs: a critical study
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.53180922/0104
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]08605
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Jefferson, North Carolina, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]McFarland & Co.
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2010
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]vii,196p, bibliography, index
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Book
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9780786448173
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This text esamines the role of Genesis in the autobiographies of survivors. Three main issues converge: the literary nature of biblical allusion, the contextual history of the Holocaust, and the Midrashic considerations that arise from biblical reference.