The prophetic law: essays in Judaism, Girardianism, literary studies, and the ethical
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- An Introduction to Girardian Reading -- Part One. Dialogue Among Girardians -- "I Am Joseph": Judaism, Anti-Idolatry, and the Prophetic Law -- A Jewish-Christian Dialogue -- al lo-chamas 'asah (Although He Had Done No Violence): René Girard and...
| Résumé: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- An Introduction to Girardian Reading -- Part One. Dialogue Among Girardians -- "I Am Joseph": Judaism, Anti-Idolatry, and the Prophetic Law -- A Jewish-Christian Dialogue -- al lo-chamas 'asah (Although He Had Done No Violence): René Girard and the Innocent Victim -- Response by René Girard and Reply to René Girard -- Part Two. Girardian Reading and the Scriptural -- The End of Sacrifice: Reading René Girard and the Hebrew Bible -- From Sacrificial Violence to Responsibility: The Education of Moses in Exodus 2-4 -- Part Three. Girardian Reading and the Literary -- Reading Religion, Literature, and the End of Desire: Mensongea romantique et vérité romanesque at Fifty -- "Nothing Extenuate": Love, Jealousy, and Reading in Shakespeare's Othello -- Part Four. Girardian Reading and the Ethical -- Reading Halachically and Aggadically: A Response to Reuven Kimelman -- The Self and Other People: Reading Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation with René Girard and Emmanuel Levinas -- From the Sacred to the Holy: René Girard, Emmanuel Levinas, and Substitution -- Back to the Future: The Prophetic and the Apocalyptic in Jewish and Christian Settings -- Conclusions: Reading René Girard -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Description matérielle: | Online-Ressource (333 p) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61186-124-2 |
