Midrash and Theory: Ancient Jewish Exegesis and Contemporary Literary Studies

David Stern

Midrash and Theory: Ancient Jewish Exegesis and Contemporary Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Country
United States
Published
20 February 1998
Pages
126
ISBN
9780810115743

Midrash and Theory: Ancient Jewish Exegesis and Contemporary Literary Studies

David Stern

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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