Midrash and theory : ancient Jewish exegesis and contemporary literary studies
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Midrash and theory : ancient Jewish exegesis and contemporary literary studies
（Rethinking theory）
Northwestern University Press, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-115) and index
"First paperback printing 1997"
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ISBN 9780810111226
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In Midrash and Theory, David Stern presents an approach to midrashic literature through the prism of contemporary theory.
As midrash--the literature of classical Jewish Scriptural interpretation--has become the focus of new interest in contemporary literary circles, it has been invoked as a precursor of post-structuralist theory and criticism. At the same time, the midrashic imagination has undergone a revival in the larger Jewish community and shown itself capable of exercising a powerful influence and hold on a new type of contemporary Jewish writing. Stern examines this resurgence of fascination with ancient Jewish interpretation from the persepctive of the cultural relevance of midrash and its connection to its original historical and literary contexts.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Midrash-Theory Connection
Chapter 1. Midrash and Hermeneutics: Polysemy vs. Indeterminacy
Chapter 2. Forms fo Midrash I: Parables of Interpretation
Chapter 3. Forms of Midrash II: Homily and the Language of Exegesis
Chapter 4. Midrash and Theology: The Character(s) of God
Notes
Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780810115743
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This is an approach to midrashic literature that is responsive to the principles of contemporary literary theory. Midrash (the literature of classic Jewish Scriptural interpretation) has undergone a recent revival in the larger Jewsih community; David Stern examines this phenomenon from the perspective of the cultural relevance of midrash and its connection to its original historical and literary contexts. He also explores the impact of modern literary theory on midrashic studies, and the resultant changes on the focus, the methods and the intellectual assumptions of the field.
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