LEADER 03115nam 22005413u 450 001 9910790106903321 005 20230725033422.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000187327 035 $a(EBL)978751 035 $a(OCoLC)827481836 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC978751 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000187327 100 $a20130418d2010|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aMilton and the Rabbis$b[electronic resource] $eHebraism, Hellenism, and Christianity 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (357 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-12329-9 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aTaking 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 new 606 $aChristianity and other religions -- Judaism -- History -- 17th century 606 $aHebrew literature -- Appreciation -- England 606 $aHellenism -- History -- 17th century 606 $aJewish learning and scholarship -- England -- History -- 17th century 606 $aJudaism -- Relations -- Christianity -- History -- 17th century 606 $aJudaism in literature 606 $aMilton, John, 1608-1674 -- Knowledge -- Judaism 606 $aMilton, John, 1608-1674 -- Religion 615 4$aChristianity and other religions -- Judaism -- History -- 17th century. 615 4$aHebrew literature -- Appreciation -- England. 615 4$aHellenism -- History -- 17th century. 615 4$aJewish learning and scholarship -- England -- History -- 17th century. 615 4$aJudaism -- Relations -- Christianity -- History -- 17th century. 615 4$aJudaism in literature. 615 4$aMilton, John, 1608-1674 -- Knowledge -- Judaism. 615 4$aMilton, John, 1608-1674 -- Religion. 676 $a821.4 676 $a821/.4 700 $aShoulson$b Jeffrey$01480910 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790106903321 996 $aMilton and the Rabbis$93697725 997 $aUNINA