The Biblical Hero: Portraits in Nobility and Fallibility by Elliott Rabin Yiddish Learning the most incisive study to

the most incisive study to date of the lesser-known but equally talented Singer: Israel Joshua

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The Biblical Hero: Portraits in Nobility and Fallibility by Elliott Rabin Yiddish Learning the most incisive study toApproaching the Bible in an original waycomparing biblical heroes to heroes in world literatureElliott Rabin addresses a core biblical question: What is the Bible telling us about what it means to be a hero? Focusing on the lives of six major biblical charactersMoses, Samson, David, Esther, Abraham, and JacobRabin examines their resemblance to hero types found in (and perhaps drawn from) other literatures and analyzes why the Bible depicts its heroes