Abraham Mapu

ABRAHAM MAPU (1808-1867) was one of the first, and finest, of the novelists to write in Hebrew. Heavily influenced by a wide range of sources?the Bible, the Romantic Novelists, and renewed pride in ancient Jewish history?his works recall the finest works of writers such as Flaubert and other great romantic novelists.

ABRAHAM MAPU (1808-1867) was one of the first, and finest, of the novelists to write in Hebrew. Heavily influenced by a wide range of sources?the Bible, the Romantic Novelists, and renewed pride in ancient Jewish history?his works recall the finest works of writers such as Flaubert and other great romantic novelists. See less