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In an anthology that is both scholarly and accessible to readers of contemporary poetry, David C. Jacobson examines the search for God in the work of six prominent Israeli poets - Yehuda Amichai, Admiel Kosman, Rivka Miriam, Zelda Mishkovsky, Hava Pinhas-Cohen, and Asher Reich. In the book's introduction, Jacobson explores the central role that poetry has always played and continues to play in our understanding of the religious experience. The work of each poet is then preceded by an introduction which establishes the historical and biographical contexts of the poems discussed. The poetry appears in the original Hebrew as well as Jacobson's graceful English translations. David C. Jacobson is Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at Brown University. His previous books are "Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-Century Hebrew Writers" (SUNY, 1987), "Does David Still Play for You?: Israeli Poetry and the Bible" (Wayne State, 1997), "Israeli and Palestinian Identities in History and Literature", ed. Kamal Abdel-Malek and David C. Jacobson, and "History and Literature: New Readings of Jewish Texts in Honor of Arnold J. Band" (Brown Judaic Studies, 2002).

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Poetry Poetry anthologies (various poets)

• Full title: Creator, Are You Listening?
• Subtitle: Israeli Poets on God and Prayer
• Author: David C. Jacobson
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 264
• EAN: 9780253348180
• ISBN: 0253348188
• ID: 04871654
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Weight: 34 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. April 2007

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