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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dina SteinPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780812244366ISBN 10: 0812244362 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 10 October 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Simon the Just and the Nazirite: Reflections of (Im)Possible Selves Chapter 2. A King, a Queen, and the Discourse Between: The Riddle of Midrash Chapter 3. The Blind Eye of the Beholder: Tall Tales, Travelogues, and Midrash Chapter 4. Being There: SeraÎ bat Asher, Magical Language, and Rabbinic Textual Interpretation Chapter 5. A Maidservant and Her Master's Voice: From Narcissism to Mimicry Epilogue: Midrash, Ruins, and Self-Reflexivity Appendix: bBava Batra 73a-75b Notes Bibliography Index AcknowledgmentsReviewsDina Stein focuses on some of the most complex and crucial questions concerning the proper understanding of midrashic discourse and the processes of its production and reception. -Joshua Levinson, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Author InformationDina Stein teaches in the department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of Haifa. She is also the author of Maxims, Magic, and Myth: A Folkloristic Perspective of Pirkei deRabbi Eliezer. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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