An Elusive Mind

Does he think he's made in God's image, does he think he has a soul? Does he think he has a Jewish soul? Or is Judaism all just a kind of ethnic prison imposed on him from without? You don't know—it's simply not a concern of his. And somehow when you're reading, you don't necessarily miss it.from an interview with Jonathan Rosen- byBlake Eskin the editor of Nextbook.org.

Main Entry:

elu·sive

Pronunciation:

\ē-ˈlü-siv, -ˈlü-ziv\

Function:

adjective

Date:

1719

: tending to elude: as a: tending to evade grasp or pursuit <elusive prey> b: hard to comprehend or define c: hard to isolate or identify

— elu·sive·ly adverb

— elu·sive·ness noun