Job the Silent: A Study in Historical CounterpointIn this strikingly original study, Zuckerman compares The Book of Job and its fate to that of the famous Yiddish short story, "Bontsye Shvayg," a covert parody whose protagonist has come to be revered as a paradigm of innocent Jewish suffering. He illustrates how a literary text becomes separated from the intention of its author, and takes on a different meaning for a specific community of readers. Zuckerman compares The Book of Job and its fate to that of the famous Yiddish short story, "Bontsye Shvayg," a covert parody whose protagonist has come to be revered as a paradigm of innocent Jewish suffering. He illustrates how a literary text becomes separated from the intention of its author, and takes on a different meaning for a specific community of readers. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
I | 11 |
II | 85 |
The Text and Translation of Y L Perets Bontsye Shvayg | 181 |
Abbreviations | 196 |
Notes | 199 |
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