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Slayers of Moses: The Emergence of Rabbinic Interpretation in Modern Literary
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Slayers of Moses: The Emergence of Rabbinic Interpretation in Modern Literary Theory (Suny Series on Modern Jewish Literature and Culture) Hardcover - 1982

by Susan A. Handelman


From the publisher

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.

Details

  • Title Slayers of Moses: The Emergence of Rabbinic Interpretation in Modern Literary Theory (Suny Series on Modern Jewish Literature and Culture)
  • Author Susan A. Handelman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 267
  • Publisher State Univ of New York Pr
  • Date 1982
  • ISBN 9780873955768

About the author

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