Smashing the tablets : radical retellings of the Hebrew Bible / edited by Seth Rogoff, Sara Lippmann.

Other author Lippmann, Sara, editor.
Other author Rogoff, Seth, 1976- editor.
Other author Auslander, Shalom, writer of preface.
Format Book
PublicationAlbany : Excelsior Editions, an imprint of State University of New York Press, [2025]
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionxxi, 228 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

Portion of title Radical retellings of the Hebrew Bible
SeriesSUNY series in contemporary Jewish literature and culture
SUNY series in contemporary Jewish literature and culture. ^A1350371
Contents Foreword: "You Suck & Other Stories" / Shalom Auslander -- Introduction / Seth Rogoff -- 1. Lilith in God's Hands / Courtney Sender -- 2. Look at Her Xyxs, Her Brxght, Brxght Xyxs / Rosebud Ben-Oni / 3. Cain and Abel / Seth Rogoff / 4. Cain / Ariana Reines / 5. Are You Still Alive / Michael Zapata / 6. Ess and O / Anna Solomon / 7. Lot's Daughters / Zeeva Bukai / 8. Binding Variations / Daniel Torday / 9. Bilhah and Zilpah Made Me Yearn for Torah / erica riddick -- 10. A Little East of Jordan / Moriel Rothman-Zecher -- 11. The Story of Dinah / Sarah Blake -- 12. Plagues / Madeline Cash -- 13. Mount Sinai and Me / Aaron Hamburger -- 14. Make It Mean Something / Elisa Albert -- 15. Upon the Hills with Jephthah's Daughter / Erika Dreifus -- 16. The Concubine from Bethlehem in Judah / Eliana Ramage -- 17. How David Leaves / Temim Fruchter -- 18. The Witch of Endor / Matthue Roth -- 19. Isaiah and Power / Aviya Kushner -- 20. Reading Isaiah as My Grandfather's Granddaughter / Aviya Kushner -- 21. The Job Book / Steve Almond -- 22. Root / Ilana Masad -- 23. Bauhaus City / Omer Friedlander -- 24. Haman / Max Gross -- 25. Scroll of Stars / Michael David Lukas.
Abstract "Provocative new readings of biblical texts by major contemporary Jewish writers"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2024027043
ISBN9798855801170
ISBN(ebook)