Levinas and medieval literature : the "difficult reading" of English and rabbinic texts /
Astell, Ann W.
Jackson, J. A.(Justin A.),1972-
Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press,
c2009.
"Twelve essays take the unique approach of connecting Christian allegory, talmudic hermeneutics, and Levinasian interpretation, as authors put into dialogue the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas with a variety of English and rabbinic writings from the Middle Ages, thus illuminating what it means to classify medieval texts as profoundly ethical"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-357) and index.
"Twelve essays take the unique approach of connecting Christian allegory, talmudic hermeneutics, and Levinasian interpretation, as authors put into dialogue the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas with a variety of English and rabbinic writings from the Middle Ages, thus illuminating what it means to classify medieval texts as profoundly ethical"--Provided by publisher.
Lévinas, Emmanuel
Ethics in literature.
English literature
Rabbinical literature
Literature and morals.
Religion and literature