Elie Wiesel: Jewish, Literary, and Moral Perspectives

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel, best known for his writings on the Holocaust, is also the accomplished author of novels, essays, tales, and plays as well as portraits of seminal figures in Jewish life and experience. In this volume, leading scholars in the fields of Biblical, Rabbinic, Hasidic, Holocaust, and literary studies offer fascinating and innovative analyses of Wiesel's texts as well as illuminating commentaries on his considerable influence as a teacher and as a moral voice for human rights. By exploring the varied aspects of Wiesel's multifaceted career--his texts on the Bible, the Talmud, and Hasidism as well as his literary works, his teaching, and his testimony--this thought-provoking volume adds depth to our understanding of the impact of this important man of letters and towering international figure.

Author: Steven T. Katz
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 05/17/2013
Series: Jewish Literature and Culture
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.36w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780253008053


Award: National Jewish Book Award - Finalist