A Treasury of Jewish Literature

Plot

An interesting anthology of magnificent Jewish writings from the revelations of the Torah to the twentieth century literature of Philip Roth and Bernard Malamud. This digest is divided into 15 chapters beginning with selections from the fascinating account of Joesph in the section of the Torah, to the illuminating samples of the The Prophets and selected stirring psalms in The Writings.

New insight into the Bible is revealed in the Apocrypha as we read of the accounts of Zebulon and Gad and their part in the twelve brothers actions in throwing Joseph into the pit.
The wisdom of the Talmud and deep insights of Mysticism. Wonderful and rich tales of Chassidic, Yiddish and Spanish Jewish literature and the yearnings of the Jewish people to return from the cruel persecution exile from their ancient homeland of the Land of Israel in the Literature of Zionism in the the form of the poems of SY Agnon and Rachel.
Agnon's The City of Slaughter tells of the horrific pogroms in painful detail. Harrowing accounts of the Holocaust and finally modern Hebrew, Canadian and American literature.
I particularly enjoyed Malamud's masterful Angel Levine.
A masterful and exciting compendium of Jewish literature.