Unsettling Jewish Knowledge: Text, Contingency, Desire (Jewish Culture and Contexts)

Dailey, Anne C.

ISBN 10: 1512824305 / ISBN 13: 9781512824308

Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023

Codice articolo 9781512824308

Riassunto:

Spanning the fields of literature, history, philosophy, and theology, Unsettling Jewish Knowledge adopts a fresh approach to the study of Jewish thought and culture. By creatively foregrounding the role of emotions, senses, and the imagination in Jewish experience, the book invites readers to consider what it means for Jewish identity and experience to be constituted outside the frameworks of reasoned thought and inquiry. The collection’s eight essays offer innovative and provocative approaches to a diverse array of topics including modern Jewish-Christian relations, the book of Isaiah, contemporary Jewish fiction, and philosophical meditations on Jewish law. Their bold interpretations of Jewish texts and histories are centered on questions of faith, loss, prejudice, and enchantment—and the darker implications of these questions. The book’s essays also illuminate the importance of desire as a key motivating force in the pursuit of knowledge. Weaving together insights from several disciplines, Unsettling Jewish Knowledge challenges us to grapple with the unexpected, the unconventional, and the uncomfortable aspects of Jewish experience and its representations.

Contributors: Anne C. Dailey, John Efron, Yael S. Feldman, Galit Hasan-Rokem, Martin Kavka, Lital Levy, Shaul Magid, Eva Mroczek, Paul E. Nahme, Eli Schonfeld, Shira Stav.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Anne C. Dailey is Evangeline Starr Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Martin Kavka is Professor of Religion at Florida State University.

Lital Levy is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University.

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Titolo: Unsettling Jewish Knowledge: Text, ...
Casa editrice: University of Pennsylvania Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2023
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: New