Five Biblical Portraits: Theology - Softcover

Wiesel, Elie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0268009627 ISBN 13: 9780268009625

Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press, 1981

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Book by Wiesel Elie

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Críticas:

"Deeply moving and enlightening." --Chicago Tribune "Wiesel's sketches will stir the imagination in ways that will open readers to new depths in ancient texts." --Religious Studies Review "This collection of biographies of prophets--Joshua, Elijah, Saul, Jeremiah, and Jonah--does a masterful job of humanizing these figures. However, in the course of his descriptions, Elie Wiesel does more than inform us about their lives and supposed thoughts. He asks today's questions in the context of the past. . . . There is no ambiguity or vagueness in Wiesel's writing. He promises us portraits, and there is not a wasted brushstroke, not a blurred line." --Christian Century "Jonah the unlucky, Joshua the lucky, Saul the complex, Jeremiah the tearful--all stride through semi-narrative episodes which the masterful story-teller weaves as a historical vignette of prophetic destiny." --Commonweal Deeply moving and enlightening. Chicago Tribune " Wiesel s sketches will stir the imagination in ways that will open readers to new depths in ancient texts. Religious Studies Review" Jonah the unlucky, Joshua the lucky, Saul the complex, Jeremiah the tearfulall stride through semi-narrative episodes which the masterful story-teller weaves as a historical vignette of prophetic destiny. Commonweal" This collection of biographies of prophetsJoshua, Elijah, Saul, Jeremiah, and Jonahdoes a masterful job of humanizing these figures. However, in the course of his descriptions, Elie Wiesel does more than inform us about their lives and supposed thoughts. He asks today s questions in the context of the past. . . . There is no ambiguity or vagueness in Wiesel s writing. He promises us portraits, and there is not a wasted brushstroke, not a blurred line. Christian Century " Deeply moving and enlightening. "Chicago Tribune" " "Deeply moving and enlightening." --"Chicago Tribune"

Reseña del editor:

Five Biblical Portraits is a sequel to Elie Weisel's Messengers of God; in this work he enhances his well-known skill in bringing ancient religious figures to literary life with his stories of: Joshua, Elijah, Saul, Jeremiah, and Jonah.

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• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0268009627
• ISBN 13: 9780268009625
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 166