Slayers of Moses

The Emergence of Rabbinic Interpretation in Modern Literary Theory

AvSusan A. Handelman

Häftad, Engelska, 1983

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Beskrivning

In this groundbreaking study, Susan Handelman examines the theological roots of the modern science of interpretation. She defines current structures of thought and patterns of organizing reality, clearly distinguishes them from previously reigning Hellenic modes of abstract thought, and connects them with important elements of the Rabbinic interpretive tradition. Hers is the first comprehensive treatment of the undeniable, and undeniably significant, influence of Jewish religious thought on contemporary literary criticism. Dr. Handelman shows how they provide a crucial link among several of the most influential modern theories of textual interpretation, from Freud to the Deconstructionist School of Lacan and Derrida, as well as current literary theorists who revive Rabbinic hermeneutics, such as Harold Bloom and Geoffrey Hartman.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1983-06-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:435 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
Antal sidor:290
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780873955775

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Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

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Susan A. Handelman , Assistant Professor of English at the University of Maryland, has published articles on literature, critical theory, and Jewish studies.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsMethodological PrefaceNote to the ReaderI. Historical Background: The Interpretive Agon of Greek, Jew, and Christian 1. Greek Philosophy and the Overcoming of the Word Plato and Language: The CratylusAristotle and the Problem of PredicationAristotle: Words and Things, Rhetoric vs. PhilosophyThe Contemporary Critique: Derrida and RicoeurThe Model of Metaphor 2. Rabbinic Thought: The Divinity of the Text The Bible and the GreeksThe TextThe Development of the Oral Law 3. Some Philosophic Aspects of the Rabbinic Interpretative System Kal Ve-ChomerThe Other Twelve Middot: The Relations of General and ParticularMidrashMetaphor and Metonymy in Interpretation 4. Escape from Textuality: The Fulfiller of Signs The Letter and the SpiritPhiloOrigenThe Logos and the LetterUnity, Trinity; Literal, FigurativeAugustineAugustine's Theory of SignsII. The Slayers of Moses: Freud, Lacan, Derrida, Bloom and the Dark Side of Displacement Prologue: The Book of Books and the Book of Nature 5. Solomon-Sigmund, the Son of Jakob Undoing MosesHeretic Hermeneutics: Re-writing OriginsFreud's Methodology: New Arrangements, Hidden GapsThe Hybrid Science 6. The Analyst as Scribe: Jacques Lacan and the Return of the Father's Name 7. Reb Derrida's Scripture Derrida vs. LacanThe Curtained TorahTo Love the Torah More than God 8. The Critic as Kabbalist: Harold Bloom and the Heretic Hermeneutic From the Visionary to the Revisionary CompanyThe Revisionary RatiosThe Revisionary Warfare of Christian ExegesisThe Conflict of Literary Traditions: Genteel Classical versus JudaicAntitheticalSatanic CriticismScholem, Kabbalah, and HeresyRevelation and TraditionThe Theory of Literary Influence and Kabbalistic TerminologyAnalogical Transformation Appendix to Chapter 3: Rabbi Ishmael's RulesGlossaryNotesSelected BibliographyIndex