Dina Stein

Textual Mirrors

Reflexivity, Midrash, and the Rabbinic Self

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Produktbeschreibung

Dina Stein teaches in the department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of Haifa. She is also the author of Maxims, Magic, and Myth: A Folkloristic Perspective of Pirkei deRabbi Eliezer.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780812244366
• ISBN-10: 0812244362
• Artikelnr.: 35562455

Autorenporträt

Dina Stein

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Simon the Just and the Nazirite: Reflections of (Im)Possible
Selves
Chapter 2. A King, a Queen, and the Discourse Between: The Riddle of
Midrash
Chapter 3. The Blind Eye of the Beholder: Tall Tales, Travelogues, and
Midrash
Chapter 4. Being There: SeraÎ bat Asher, Magical Language, and Rabbinic
Textual Interpretation
Chapter 5. A Maidservant and Her Master's Voice: From Narcissism to Mimicry
Epilogue: Midrash, Ruins, and Self-Reflexivity
Appendix: bBava Batra 73a-75b
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments