Textual Mirrors: Reflexivity, Midrash, and the Rabbinic Self

Dina Stein

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2013

Textual Mirrors

Reflexivity, Midrash, and the Rabbinic Self

Dina Stein

In the series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812206944

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About this book

In Textual Mirrors, Dina Stein draws on literary theory, folklore studies, and semiotics to closely examine midrashic tales in which self-reflexivity operates as a central element. Within these texts, rabbinic discourse itself becomes the object of reflection, both complicating and confirming its religious and ideological principles.

Author / Editor information

Dina 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.

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"Dina 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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Simon the Just and the Nazirite: Reflections of (Im)Possible Selves Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Chapter 2. A King, a Queen, and the Discourse Between: The Riddle of Midrash Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Chapter 3. The Blind Eye of the Beholder: Tall Tales, Travelogues, and Midrash Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
Chapter 4. Being There: Serah. bat Asher, Magical Language, and Rabbinic Textual Interpretation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
Chapter 5. A Maidservant and Her Master’s Voice: From Narcissism to Mimicry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Epilogue: Midrash, Ruins, and Self-Reflexivity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Appendix: bBava Batra 73a–75b Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 216
Keywords: Religion; Literature; Jewish Studies; Religious Studies; Literature; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: October 8, 2012
ISBN: 9780812206944