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Any literary account of the Hebrew Bible must recognize [its] quality of extreme heterogeneity. […] From one point of view, it is not even a unified collection but rather a loose anthology that…
Contributor:
Robert Alter
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Berkeley, United States of America
Date:
1987
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This story admittedly took place a long time ago and furthermore in a far-off land—in England, in fact. Yet in spite of everything, it is still important and worthy of being…
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Isaac Meyer Dik
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Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1889
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[ . . . ] The oft-repeated reproach that Homer is a liar takes nothing from his effectiveness, he does not need to base his story on historical reality, his reality is powerful enough in itself; it…
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Erich Auerbach
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Princeton, United States of America
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1942
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Tiberias, Land of Israel
(Tiberias, Israel)
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ca. 925
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Eliezer ben Abraham of Pisa
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Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
(Modena, Italy)
Date:
1531