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Wiesel, Elie. Wise Men and Their Tales: Protraits of Biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic Masters.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Oct. 2003. 368p. Schocken; dist by Pantheon, $26 (0-8052-4173-6). 296.
Wiesel has written other books on this subject: Four Hasidic Masters and Their Struggle against Melancholy (1978), Five Biblical Portraits (1981), and Sages and Dreamers: Biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic Portraits and Legends (1991). In his latest book of prophetic warnings, midrashic stories, Rashi's interpretations, and Hasidic tales, Wiesel offers 19 commentaries and insights collected over the course of many years. There are such biblical personalities as Lot's wife, Aaron, Miriam, Ishmael, Gideon, Samson, Saul, Isaiah, and Hoshea. The ...
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