May 28, 2010 By: libraryblog
Nahmanides on Genesis : the Art of Biblical Portraiture, by Michelle J. Levine. Brown University, 2009.
Nahmanides on Genesis is a development and expansion of Dr. Michelle Levine's doctoral dissertation. In this volume Dr. Levine ulitizes modern scholarship on literary theory to delve into Nahmanides' characterizations of biblical figures. By examining Nahmanides' "poetic insights into the literary methods of biblical characterization" through the prism of the categories of modern scholarship Dr. Levine opens up new vistas in the understanding of Nahmanides' commentary and the biblical narrative itself.
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