Faith in Reading
Revisiting the Midrash-Theory Connection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4389340 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Freer (0009-0006-1129-7008, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 335-357 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Paragraph (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0264-8334 • E-ISSN: 1750-0176 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/para.2016.0205 |
| OpenAlex | W2522867657 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
In the 1980s there was a brief but intense period of interest among literary critics and theorists in Classical Rabbinic interpretation, and, in particular, the genre of commentary known as Midrash. Interest concentrated around the apparent similarities between Midrash and the commentaries and criticism of Derrida, Lacan, Freud, Barthes and others. This essay examines this connection between Midrash and theory in light of the persistent charge from Foucault and others that all hermeneutics is essentially theological. It proceeds by drawing out the aims and frustrations of the literary critics and Jewish scholars involved, and considers in what ways the questions which arose in these years might be pertinent for contemporary literary criticism, theory and institutional practice
Art · Criticism · Epistemology · Faith · Hermeneutics · Judaism · Linguistics · Literary criticism · Literary theory · Literature · Midrash · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
Objective Interpretation
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Interpretation of What? Hartman and Budick's "Midrash and Literature" Midrash and Literature . Geoffrey H. Hartman , Sanford Budick
Wrong poetry
Close but not Deep
Midrash as Law and Literature
Spelling Things Out
Pharaoh's Birthstool
Old Wine in New Bottles
Anticipatory Plagiarism
Cultural Differences and Cultural Constructs
Midrash and Indeterminacy
Against Theory
Error in Paul de Man
Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |