The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World

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The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World is written by Lawrence Mitchell Wills and published by Cornell University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0801430755 (ISBN 10) and 9780801430756 (ISBN 13).

Wills focuses on five novels: Greek Esther, Greek Daniel, Judith, Tobit, and Joseph and Aseneth. Drawing on a wide range of theoretical works, he delineates the techniques and motifs of the Jewish novel, shows how genre both initiated and distanced itself from nonfictional prose, such as historical and philosophical writing, discusses its relation to Greco-Roman romance, and describes the social conditions governing its emergence and reception.