Front Matter -- Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Content -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Introduction: The Development of Modern Midrashin the Twentieth Century -- Contents -- Secular Scripture -- Neo-Hasidic Tales: Micha Yosef Berdyczewski and Y. L. Peretz -- The Creative Restoration of Legends: Chaim Nachman Bialik -- Biblical Tales of the Wilderness: David Frischmann -- Biblical Archetypes and the Modern Jewish Experience -- The Life and Death of King Saul: Shaul Tchernichowsky -- Men and Women in the Bible: Yocheved Bat-Miriam -- The Holocaust Survivor and the Bible: Amir Gilboa, Abba Kovner,and Dan Pagis -- Uses and Abuses of Power in Ancient and Modern Israel: Nissim Aloni, Moshe Shamir, and Amos Oz -- Back Matter -- Conclusion: Traditional Heroesfor Modern Times -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.