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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785642403321

Titolo

Summoning [[electronic resource] ] : ideas of the covenant and interpretive theory / / edited by Ellen Spolsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1993

ISBN

1-4384-2084-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

SpolskyEllen <1943->

Disciplina

809/.93382

Soggetti

Religion and literature

Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Covenant theology in literature

Covenants - Religious aspects - Judaism

Judaism - Essence, genius, nature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Content""; ""Power and Constraint: Covenantal Hermeneutics in Milton""; ""Theoretical Perspectives""; ""Biblical Covenants as Performative Language""; ""Facing the Other: Levinas, Perelman, and Rosenzweig""; ""The Difficulty of Finding a Moral Basis for Accepting the Covenant""; ""The Perpetual Covenant of Jewish Learning""; ""The Sign of the Covenant""; ""Covenants and Texts""; ""Redesigning Redemption: Covenant in the Testament of Moses""

""Placing Reading: Ancient Israel and Medieval Europe""""Binding and Unbinding: The Summons to Interpretation in The Merchant of Venice""; ""American Literature's Declaration of In/dependence: Stanley Cavell, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the Covenant of Consent""; ""Intertextuality and Reader Responsibility: Living On in Malamud's ""The Mourners""""; """" The New Covenant"" and theDilemma of Dissensus:Bercovitch, Roth, and Doctorow""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""Back Matter""; ""Back Cover""