Imagery from Genesis in Holocaust Memoirs

<p> In the life stories of Holocaust survivors biblical imagery can be invoked to explicate the unexplainable to make real the unreal. This text examines the role of <I>Genesis</I> in the autobiographies of survivors. Three main concerns converge: the literary nature of Biblical allusion the contextual history of the Holocaust and Midrashic considerations that arise from biblical reference.</p><p> Chapters examine references to Adam and Eve's expulsion from paradise Noah's Ark the Tower of Babel the <I>Akeda</I> Jacob's struggle with the angel and Cain's murder of Abel.</p>