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Synopsis
"Parts of the Bible, such as the Book of Job, have long been regarded as dramatic texts on a par with a Greek tragedy. But Shimon Levy's approach opens up a vast field of analysis. That is not to say that he thinks these texts can be performed without adaptation, he merely shows that, looked at as dramatic texts - and he deliberately refers to the authors of such texts as 'the playwright' - they open up fascinating and very unusual perspectives on the role of women, both when depicted as despised creatures and as proto-feminist models, the prophets as performer, the nature of political leadership and, above all, the figure of God as the protagonist, on-stage and off-stage of all these dramas." "To these disquisitions Shimon Levy brings what must be a truly unique combination of total mastery of stagecraft and the vocabulary of dramatic criticism with an astonishing knowledge of the Bible and its Hebrew language."--BOOK JACKET.
Booknews
Treats narrative portions of the Old Testament as dramatics texts that can be analyzed in terms of dialogue, stage directions, and characterization. Discusses the role of women, both as despised pictures and as proto-feminist models, the prophets as performers, the nature of political leadership, and the figure of God as the protagonist. Levy is chairman of the department of theater arts at Tel Aviv University. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)