Rabbinic parodies of Jewish and Christian literature / / Holger Michael Zellentin.
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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| Superior document: | Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum ; 139 = Texts and studies in ancient Judaism ; 139, |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | 1. Aufl. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum ;
139. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Notes: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D. - Princeton) under the title: Late Antiquity Upside Down: Rabbinic Parodies of Jewish and Christian Literature. |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280042516 9786613517159 3161514726 |
| ISSN: | 0721-8753 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Holger Michael Zellentin. |