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Oct 09, 1980
The first lecture in a series on the antihero in ancient and modern literature, Professor Wiesel asks: “Who is a hero and how does one become a hero? And how does the hero cease to be a hero?” He reads and rereads the book, first viewing Jonah as initiating no action except his escape. But, following the Talmud’s portrait of Jonah as a Just Man, Professor Wiesel sees behind Jonah’s refusal his model love of Israel and his wish to spare his people embarrassment. The fact that Jonah ultimately fulfills his mission links the book to Yom Kippur and its message of repentance, of “beginning again and again.” Finally, only this scriptural book has the distinction of ending with a question, God’s question--“and that is what leaves us astonished and deeply affected and moved.”
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