Howard Schwartz
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"Only one of the world's mythologies has remained essentially unexplored - the mythology of Judaism. As Howard Schwartz reveals in Tree of Souls, the first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, this mythical tradition is as rich and as fascinating as any in the world." "Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral lore collected in the modern era, Schwartz...
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From the Back Cover: Here is a monumental achievement in verse-the most representative work of 400 modern Jewish poets from over 40 nations, ranging from the U.S. and Canada to Israel and Eastern Europe to surprising corners of the world like Cuba, Wales, and Sri Lanka. The poems are expertly translated from more than 20 languages, such as Hebrew, Yiddish, French, German, and Russian, as well as authentically Jewish hybrid languages like Judeo-Romanesque...