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Author:

Downing, Frederick L.

Title:

Elie Wiesel : a religious biography / Frederick L. Downing.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Mercer University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xiv, 282 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Wiesel, Elie,--1928---Religion.
Authors, French--20th century--Biography.
Jewish authors--Biography.
Holocaust survivors--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-278) and index.

Contents:

Sighet: a small European Jerusalem -- A refuge: grandfather and his stories -- Bar Mitzvah and approaching tyranny -- The curse and the crisis -- Wrestling like Jacob -- Writing like Jeremiah: the poetics of memory and justice -- Further into darkness: a very troubled man -- Writing like Jeremiah II: evoking a new universe -- The poetics of grief: choosing between life and death -- A town beyond the walls: creating an alternative community beyond suffering and pain -- The return: re-envisioning God and faith -- Man and event: becoming a great man in Israel -- Re-envisioning faith and tradition -- A poet/prophet for the nations: the quest for a universalizing faith.

ISBN:

0881460990 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780881460995 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)180752911

LCCN:

2008008044

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)