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Levinas and biblical studies

edited by Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, Gary A. Phillips, and David Jobling

(Semeia studies, no. 43)

Brill, 2003

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Levinas

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-211)

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Description

The philosopher Emmanuel Levinas writes that each act of listening carries the secret of the text; the voice of Revelation, in precisely the inflection lent by each person's ear, is necessary for the truth of the Whole. Levinas's interpretive insights have already had a profound impact on European thought, both in the realm of ethics and of hermeneutics. This volume is the first in English to show how his contribution can also transform the ways we read biblical texts. The essays collected here introduce Levinas to those not familiar with his work and exemplify how his approach to texts illumines new and significant possibilities for reading the Bible afresh. Paperback edition available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: Facing the Text As Other: Some Implications of Levinas(1)s Work for Biblical Studies, Tamara Cohn Eskenazi
  • On the Jewish Reading of Scriptures, Emmanuel Levinas
  • The Little Man with the Burned Thighs: Levinas(1)s Biblical Hermeneutic, Annette Aronowicz
  • Creation, Chaos, and the Shoah: A Theological Reading of the Il Y A, Scott Hennessy
  • Facing Job, Timothy K. Beal
  • Eschatology: Levinasian Hints in a Preface, Elias Bongmba
  • To Love Cain More Than God, Jione Havea
  • Damages Due to Fire: Levinas, the Bible, and the Holocaust, Tod Linafelt
  • Constitution and Agency in Light of Some Passages from Ezekiel 1-4: A Re-reading of Levinas, Martin C. Srajek
  • Love Your Neighbor As an Other: Reflections on Levinas(1)s Ethics and the Hebrew Bible, Tamara Cohn Eskenazi
  • (3)And God Created Woman(2): Reading the Bible Otherwise, Susan E. Shapiro
  • Response, Catherine Chalier.

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