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Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Portraits of biblical, talmudic, and hasidic masters, wiesel artfully blends conversational and erudite discussions of characters from judaisms most sacred texts. His method is to read the biblical story and the midrashim and from them retell each biblical heros story. In wise men and their tales, a master teacher gives us his fascinating insights into the lives of a wide range of biblical figures, talmudic scholars, and hasidic. In 1976, elie wiesel published messengers of god, a classic look at job and seven other biblical characters. Many of wiesels retold jewish stories come from biblical and midrashic. Messengers of god elie wiesel s classic look at job and seven other biblical characters as they grapple with their relationship with god and the question of his justice. Elie wiesel is a learned and learning jew, a poetic storyteller whose work is rich in meaning and beauty. As a child in sighet, as a young boy in auschwitz, as a teenage displaced person wandering through postworld war ii europe, as a young man at the beginning of his career as a writer, witness, and humanrights activist, elie wiesel had haunting, often surreal encounters with a wide range of peoplesages, mystics, teachers, and dreamers. Wiesel has never allowed himself to be diverted from the role of witness for the martyred jews and survivors of. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Biblical portraits and legends, marion wiesel, random house, 1976 isbn 9780394497402. The book deals with various characters of the bible. Biblical portraits and legends, by elie wiesel, is a book that is filled with fantastic wordimages and descriptions told from the perspective of a holocaust survivor.
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