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"÷ôåà"å "úåéìðåéöð‫ט‬ðéà" :äìéçú äáùçî ,äùòî ‫ף‬åñ ïéé‫ט‬ùìà áàåé

13 äîéúä úåàñøâ çåðòéôá ñéñá éâùåîë
The Agenda of “Jewish Studies by Non-Jews”: Productive äîéù‫ ט‬äéòùé

Constraints between Biblical Studies, Area Studies and
IX Jewish Studies in Japan
éðùì äøòä ,øðà'æ ìù äéâåìåðîåðô :éãåäéä øåôéñä ‫־‬ø÷ñôéì áֹãéáà

øåôéñä ìù äéãôåì÷éöðàä' ìù íéðåùàøä äéëøë ÷áìà
27 'éãåäéä
äìá÷å äãâà ,ùøãî .á
åéúåìéá÷îå "úåðòøåôäî íãà ùàééúé ìà" øåôéñä éðùåù úéðåø

37 àø÷îáå ùøãîá
53 "ìâòîä éðåç ìù úéàìôä åúðù" øåôéñá íéðô éåáéø âøáð‫ז‬åø ìëéî
85 ÷éìàéá ð"ç ìù éúåáøúä åðåæç øåàì 'äãâàä øôñ' ïøìà‫־‬äá‫ ז‬éô‫צ‬
115 øäåæä ïî øåôéñ ìù úåàñøâ éúù :àééç 'ø ìù åúëéðç ‫ז‬åøî úéðåø
äôåøéà çø‫ז‬îá éãåäéä øåôéñäå éãéñçä øåôéñä .â
íùä éìòá úùøåî øåàá ùãçîëå ùøåéë ‫"ט‬ùòáä øâðé‫צ‬åøâ 'à ìø÷
167 úéæðëùàä
– øéîãåìî äìåúáä øåôéñ :äéäåìàì äùéà úáäà ÷ç‫צ‬é‫־‬øá äéç
179 ?÷éãö äùéà ìò çáù íðîåàä
:éãéñç íéçáù øåôéñ ìù åúøéöé éëøã ìò ñé‫צ‬é÷ áà‫ז‬
201 àùåæ éáø ,"÷åúîä ÷éãöä" ìò øåôéñá ïåéò
227 "íéìåç ø÷áî àáé÷ò éáø" øåôéñì úåéãééä úåàñøâä ïéáåø äâð
à÷ô÷ é÷øô :åìù éëãøî .ã
241 ÷áìàÎø÷ñôéì áֹãéáà / øáã çúô – úåøôñ ø÷áîë åìù éëãøî

à÷ô÷ é÷øô åìù éëãøî
247 úñðëä úéáì úëìì àì àåä úåãáàúä äùòî .à
259 çñô øãñå ïîâøá ,à÷ô÷ .á
273 àåáì ‫ץ‬ôç ‫ך‬ðéà çåúôä åøòùáå .â
281 äùãçä úéìàøùéä úåøôñäå à÷ô÷ .ã
ïåðâò é"ùá íéðåéò .ä
äàçîå äéðåøéà ,äãâðä :øéò ìù äúãçëäå 'ä úìîç áã‫־‬ïá ä‫צ‬éð

289 ïåðâò é"ù ìù "ïîéñä" éôøâåéáå‫ט‬åàä øåôéñá íéîù éôìë
307 ïåðâò é"ù ìù åúáéúëá ä÷éøå‫ט‬øå úåðë ,ñð ïî‫צ‬ë ïîåø
äùãç úéìàøùéå úéøáò ä‫ז‬åøô .å
:úøçà úö÷ ìàøùé ‫ץ‬øà úà áåúëì :"íéæִ øָ é‫בּוּשׁ‬

ֵ ìְ î"
ַ íçù äéç
335 âøáðéé‫ט‬ù á÷òé úàî "äáÎéöôçî 'âçä" ìò
353 âøáðéé‫ט‬ù ìù úåàð÷åéãä :ñåì‫ט‬å ñåúà ‫ץ‬ééåëåá úéøåð

367 äãæøçù ìù ‫ט‬ôéø÷ä :øàá íééç ‫ץ‬øååù ìàâé
áøì 'øçù éôòôòë' :"úéùéìùä äãåòñä éãåäé" ‫ט‬ñôéðî ïåàéì íéñð
úåðá úåéì÷éãøä úåéúãä úåøåîúì äáåâúë åúáñ íééç
391 åððîæ
äéâåìéø‫ט‬á úðòùî àìì ìñôñå úåðåéö :"?éîòð úàæä" ïéåì äðøåà
409 ì÷ðøô éîòðì 'äðäåéå ìåàù'
ìù äúøéöéá øãòéäå úåéâåæ ìò :"íéøãòðä ìù ïîæä" ïéãåø éù
437 ïåì‫ט‬î úéðåø
äáéúëå úéãåäé úåäæ :øðà'æë äéö÷éôå‫ט‬åàä éåì úéøåð
473 é÷ñáåøáåã 'æøñ ìù åúøéöéá úé‫ט‬îåàø‫ט‬Î‫ט‬ñåô
'äðéø‫ט‬à÷' ïéáù øù÷ä ìò úåøòä äîë :éãåäéäå äðéø‫ט‬à÷ ñééå éç‫צ‬
485 ãéåøô ìù äðéøú÷å ãìôìôà ìù
STUDIES IN JEWISH NARRATIVE
Ma’aseh Sippur
Vol. III
Edited by
Avidov Lipsker-Albeck ● Rella Kushelevsky
Bar-Ilan University Press, Ramat Gan

CONTENTS
I. THEMATOLOGY AND THE POETICS OF THE JEWISH STORY
Yoav Elstein
‘Last Made, First Planned’: ‘Intentionality’ and ‘Horizon’ as
Interpretative Terms in Jewish Literary Thematology 13
Isaiah Teshima
The Agenda of “Jewish Studies by Non-Jews”: Productive
Constraints between Biblical Studies, Area Studies and Jewish
Studies in Japan IX
Avidov Lipsker-Albeck
The Jewish Story: Phenomenology of Genre, a Comment on
the First Two Volumes of Encyclopedia of the Jewish Story 27
II. MIDRASH, AGGADAH AND KABBALAH
Ronit Shoshany
The Story of ‘Despair not in the Midst of Misfortune’ and its
Midrashic and Biblical Parallels 37
Michal Rosenberg
The Multi-Faceted Tale of “The Miraculous Sleep of Honi
Hame’agel” 53
Tsaﬁ Sebba-Elran
“Sefer Ha’aggadah” in Light of H.N. Bialik’s Cultural Vision 85
Ronit Meroz
R. Hiya’s Initiation – Two Versions of a Zoharic Story 115
III. THE HASIDIC STORY AND THE
JEWISH STORY IN EASTERN EUROPE
Karl E. Groezinger
The Ba’al Shem Tov as Heir and Innovator in the Light of
the Ashkenazi “Masters of the Divine Name” 167
Haya Bar-Itzhak
Love of a Woman to God: Is the Virgin of Ludmir Narrative
a Shevah about a Woman-Zaddik? 179
Ze’ev Kitsis
The Creative Process in the Composition of Hasidic
Hagiography – Analysis of a Story about “The Sweet Zaddik”,
Rabbi Zusha 201
Noga Rubin
The Yiddish Versions of “R. Akiba Visiting the Sick” 227
IV. MORDECHAI SHALEV: KAFKA CHAPTERS
Introduction: Mordechai Shalev as a Literary Critic

(by Avidov Lipsker-Albeck) 241
I. “It is a Suicidal act not to go to the Synagogue” 247
II. Kafka, Bergmann and the Passover Seder Night 259
III. And you do not wish to Enter its Open Gate 273
IV. Kafka and Modern Israeli Literature 281
V. STUDIES OF S. Y. AGNON
Nitza Ben-Dov
God’s Mercy and the Annihilation of a Village: Dichotomy,
Irony and a Protest against Heaven in Agnon’s Autobiographical
Story “Ha-siman” (The Sign) 289
Roman Katsman
Miracle, Sincerity and Rhetoric in Agnon’s Works 307
VI. MODERN HEBREW AND ISRAELI PROSE
Chaya Shacham
“Cloths of Mystery”: Writing Differently about the Land of
Israel: On the Story “The Haj from Heftzi-bah” by Jacob
Steinberg 335
Nurit Buchweitz
Ethos and Telos: Steinberg’s Essayistic Portraits 353
Yigal Schwartz
Haim Be’er: Scheherazade’s Crypt 367
Nissim Leon
Sabato’s Dawning of the Day: A Jerusalem Tale as a Social
Literary Manifest 391
Orna Levin
“Is this Naomi”? Zionism and a Backless Bench in the Trilogy
Saul and Johanna by Naomi Frankel 409
Shai Rudin
On Coupledom and Absence in Ronit Matalon’s Fiction 437
Nurit Levi
Autoﬁction as a Genre: Jewish Identity and Post-Traumatic
Writing in Serge Doubrovsky’s Work 473
Tzahi Weiss
Katerina and the Jews: A Few Comments on the Connection
between Appelfeld’s “Katerina” and Freud’s Katherina 485

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