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Jewish literature
Jewish literature
includes works written by Jews on Jewish themes, literary works written in
Jewish languages
on various themes, and literary works in any language written by Jewish writers. Ancient Jewish literature includes
Biblical literature
and
rabbinic literature
. Medieval Jewish literature includes not only
rabbinic literature
but also
ethical literature
,
philosophical literature
,
mystical literature
, various other forms of prose including history and fiction, and various forms of poetry of both religious and secular varieties. The production of Jewish literature has flowered with the modern emergence of
secular Jewish culture
. Modern Jewish literature has included
Yiddish literature
, Ladino literature,
Hebrew literature
(especially
Israeli literature
), and
Jewish American literature
.
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