Rabbinic parodies of Jewish and Christian literature

Hauptbeschreibung Holger M. Zellentin seeks to probe how far the classical rabbis took their literary playfulness in order to advance their religious and societal causes. Building on the literary approaches to rabbinic Judaism of the past decades, this work considers the rabbis' attitudes towar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zellentin, Holger M., 1976- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck 2011.
Tübingen 2011
Edición:1. Aufl
Colección:Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum ; 139.
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Sumario:Hauptbeschreibung Holger M. Zellentin seeks to probe how far the classical rabbis took their literary playfulness in order to advance their religious and societal causes. Building on the literary approaches to rabbinic Judaism of the past decades, this work considers the rabbis' attitudes towards their Byzantine and Sassanian surroundings. The author examines how the Talmud and Midrash in Palestine and Persia repeat previous texts with comical difference, oscillating between reverence and satire. The result shows rabbinic society and its literature engaging in the great debates of t
Notas:Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D. - Princeton) under the title: Late Antiquity Upside Down: Rabbinic Parodies of Jewish and Christian Literature.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (286 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781280042515
9786613517159
9783161514722