Midrash and Theory: Ancient Jewish Exegesis and Contempory Literary Studies

by David M. Stern

Book Overview

In Midrash and Theory, David Stern presents an approach to midrashic literature through the prism of contemporary theory.

As midrash--the literature of classical Jewish Scriptural interpretation--has become the focus of new interest in contemporary literary circles, it has been invoked as a precursor of post-structuralist theory and criticism. At the same time, the midrashic imagination has undergone a revival in the larger Jewish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810115743
• ISBN13: 9780810115743
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.2"