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17 février 2013
- handle: 10670/1.i026zn
- isbn: 9781906924164
- eisbn: 9781906924171
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Deborah Levine Gera, « 5. Shorter Medieval Hebrew Tales of Judith », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.i026zn
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Judith disappeared from Jewish tradition for well over a thousand years and when she returned, she was, in many instances, quite changed. In this paper, I shall be looking at the portrayal of Judith in a series of medieval Hebrew stories or midrashim, concentrating upon those stories which are not based in their entirety on the Vulgate Judith. Many details of the plot and the characters in these medieval Hebrew stories are not identical with those found in the Book of Judith. The setting of t...