Description: Does David Still Play Before You? explores the ways that contemporary Israeli poets have made use of images from the Bible in their poetry.
Review Quotes: Jacobson's Does David Still Play Before You? is a bold venture in criticism since it treats a major aspect of modern Hebrew poetry, its Biblical resonances, yet goes far beyond the routine evocation of 'Biblical allusions.' Like any study of intertextuality, it demonstrates how cultural texts of the past are appropriated and assimilated in modern creative works . . . The selection of poems studied is dazzling in its richness and variety. The volume is a tour de force.--Arnold J. Band "Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, UCLA "