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 |
| Publication | Albany : Excelsior Editions, an imprint of State University of New York Press, [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xxi, 228 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Radical retellings of the Hebrew Bible |
| Series | SUNY 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2024027043 |
| ISBN | 9798855801170 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |