03115nam 22005413u 450 991079010690332120230725033422.0(CKB)2670000000187327(EBL)978751(OCoLC)827481836(MiAaPQ)EBC978751(EXLCZ)99267000000018732720130418d2010|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Milton and the Rabbis[electronic resource] Hebraism, Hellenism, and ChristianityNew York Columbia University Press20101 online resource (357 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-12329-9 Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Texts; Introduction: Hebraism and Literary History; 1. Diaspora and Restoration; 2. "Taking Sanctuary Among the Jews": Milton and the Form of Jewish Precedent; 3. The Poetics of Accommodation: Theodicy and the Language of Kingship; 4. Imagining Desire: Divine and Human Creativity; 5. "So Shall the World Go On": Martyrdom, Interpretation, and History; Epilogue: Toward Interpreting the Hebraism of Samson Agonistes; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexTaking as its starting point the long-standing characterization of Milton as a ""Hebraic"" writer, Milton and the Rabbis probes the limits of the relationship between the seventeenth-century English poet and polemicist and his Jewish antecedents. Shoulson's analysis moves back and forth between Milton's writings and Jewish writings of the first five centuries of the Common Era, collectively known as midrash. In exploring the historical and literary implications of these connections, Shoulson shows how Milton's text can inform a more nuanced reading of midrash just as midrash can offer newChristianity and other religions -- Judaism -- History -- 17th centuryHebrew literature -- Appreciation -- EnglandHellenism -- History -- 17th centuryJewish learning and scholarship -- England -- History -- 17th centuryJudaism -- Relations -- Christianity -- History -- 17th centuryJudaism in literatureMilton, John, 1608-1674 -- Knowledge -- JudaismMilton, John, 1608-1674 -- ReligionChristianity and other religions -- Judaism -- History -- 17th century.Hebrew literature -- Appreciation -- England.Hellenism -- History -- 17th century.Jewish learning and scholarship -- England -- History -- 17th century.Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity -- History -- 17th century.Judaism in literature.Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Knowledge -- Judaism.Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Religion.821.4821/.4Shoulson Jeffrey1480910AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910790106903321Milton and the Rabbis3697725UNINA