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==Abstract==
==Abstract==
In Roman Palestine at the end of the first century Ce, Rabbi Elisha ben Avuyah, struggling with a loss of faith, turns to the study of Greek philosophy and is excommunicated by the Sanhedrin. The only novel written by the author, a Reconstructionist rabbi.  
In Roman Palestine at the end of the first century Ce, Rabbi Elisha ben Avuyah, struggling with a loss of faith, turns to the study of Greek philosophy and is excommunicated by the Sanhedrin. The only novel written by the author, a Reconstructionist rabbi.  


==Editions and translations==
==Editions==
Published in New York, NY [America]: Berham House, 1939; with a Foreword by Chaim Potok. Reprinted in 1996.
 
Published in New York, NY [America]: Berham House, 1939; with a Foreword by Chaim Potok. Reprinted in 1996.
 
====Translations====
 
*[[Ke-`aleh nidaf (1949 Steinberg), book (Hebrew ed.)]]
*[[Como una hoja al viento (1952 Steinberg), book (Spanish ed.)]]
*[[Kak sorvannyi list (1982 Steinberg), book (Russian ed.)]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[ Google Books]
*[ Google Books]


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Latest revision as of 20:15, 7 December 2015

As a Driven Leaf (1939) is a novel by Milton Steinberg.

Abstract

In Roman Palestine at the end of the first century Ce, Rabbi Elisha ben Avuyah, struggling with a loss of faith, turns to the study of Greek philosophy and is excommunicated by the Sanhedrin. The only novel written by the author, a Reconstructionist rabbi.

Editions

Published in New York, NY [America]: Berham House, 1939; with a Foreword by Chaim Potok. Reprinted in 1996.

Translations

External links

  • [ Google Books]