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      Two Scholars Who Were in Our Town and Other Novellas

      by S.Y. Agnon
      Published
      Aug 2014
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      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      274
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      The volume's title story, published here in English for the first time, tells of the epic and tragic clash between two Torah scholars in a lost world "three or four generations ago." Agnon at his best –distilling the classical texts of Jewish study into a modern midrashic matrix. Includes revised translations of: "Tehilla," "In the Heart of the Seas," and "In the Prime of her Life," all with new introductions and annotations.

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      First Edition Aug 2014 Maggid ISBN13 9781592643554 ISBN10 1592643558
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      Aug 2014 The Toby Press, LLC ISBN13 9781613290842 ISBN10 1613290845
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      Oct 2014 The Toby Press ISBN10 B00ONVW8FC
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