How Long to Read The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World

How Long Does it Take to Read The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 58 minutes to read The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World by Lawrence M. Wills

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Lawrence M. Wills here traces the literary evolution of popular Jewish narratives written during the period 200 BCE-100 CE. In many ways, these narratives were similar to Greek and Roman novels of the same era, as well as to popular novels of indigenous peoples within the Roman Empire. Yet, as a group, they demonstrated a variety of novelistic innovations: the inclusion of adventurous episodes, passages of description and of dialogue, concern with psychological motivation, and the introduction of female characters. 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 the 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. Wills also places the novels in historical context, situating them between the Hebrew Bible, on the one hand, and subsequent developments in Jewish and Christian literature on the other. Wills sees the Jewish novel as a popular form of writing that provided amusement for an expanding audience of Jewish entrepreneurs, merchants, and bureaucrats. In an important sense, he maintains, it was a product of the "novelistic impulse": the impulse to transfer oral stories to a written medium to reach a more literate audience.

How long is The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World?

The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World by Lawrence M. Wills is 294 pages long, and a total of 74,676 words.

This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 48 minutes to read The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World aloud.

What Reading Level is The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World?

The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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