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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154335903321

Autore

Hartman Tova

Titolo

Are you not a man of God? : devotion, betrayal, and social criticism in Jewish tradition

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

9780199362370 (ebook) :

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

296.1

Soggetti

Rabbinical literature - History and criticism

Sacrifice - Judaism

Children in the Bible

Devotion

Betrayal

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers a rereading of several canonical stories in Jewish texts and Greek tragedy using devoted resistance as the interpretative lens. These stories highlight the ways in which cultural heroes can distort key parts of themselves and their traditions in the name of tradition itself. This volume explains the tendency of carriers of culture to enshrine authoritative voices in the collective imagination through their selection of canonical stories and to stigmatise and marginalise traditions seen as standing in opposition to the dominant system.