As a Driven Leaf (1939 Steinberg), novel

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 and translations

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

Translated into Hebrew, Spanish, and Russian:

• 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

• [ Google Books]