| Intertextuality and the Reading of Midrash Contributor(s): Boyarin, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253209099 ISBN-13: 9780253209092 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $19.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1994 Annotation: Proceeding by means of intensive readings of passages from the early midrash on Exodus The Mekilta, Boyarin proposes a new theory of midrash that rests in part on an understanding of the heterogeneity of the biblical text and the constraining force of rabbinic ideology on the production of midrash. In a forceful combination of theory and reading, Boyarin raises profound questions concerning the interplay between history, ideology, and interpretation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - General - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament |
| Dewey: 296.14 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6" W x 9" (0.59 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: Proceeding by means of intensive readings of passages from the early midrash on Exodus The Mekilta, Boyarin proposes a new theory of midrash that rests in part on an understanding of the heterogeneity of the biblical text and the constraining force of rabbinic ideology on the production of midrash. In a forceful combination of theory and reading, Boyarin raises profound questions concerning the interplay between history, ideology, and interpretation. |