Holy lives, holy deaths : a close hearing of early Jewish storytellers /

Wire, Antoinette Clark.

Holy lives, holy deaths : a close hearing of early Jewish storytellers / Antoinette Clark Wire. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002. - x, 420 p. ; 25 cm. - Society of Biblical Literature / Studies in Biblical literature ; 1 . - Studies in biblical literature (Society of Biblical literature) ; 1. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

9004126554 (alk. paper)

2002002177


Bible--Legends--History and criticism.
Bible.--N.T.--Criticism, Form.


Legends, Jewish--History and criticism.
Jewish religious literature--History and criticism.
Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.
Zaddikim--Legends--History and criticism.
Storytelling--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Storytelling--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Women storytellers.

BM530 / .W57 2002b

296.19 Wir 2002