Course · 5 Lessons · 4 hr 34 min

The Jewish Genius of S.Y. Agnon

There is no other writer like Shmuel Yosef Agnon. Born in Polish Galicia, he moved to the land of Israel in 1908 and emerged as the Hebrew writer par excellence. His novels and stories are renowned for their power, sophistication, and thematic richness. And, unlike any other writer of his time and perhaps since, Agnon mixed rabbinic language and Jewish dilemmas with modern 20th century concerns in a deft and unique style, one that Saks calls a "modern midrash of literary art."