Are you not a man of God? : devotion, betrayal, and social criticism in Jewish tradition
Hartman, TovaAuthor
Buckholtz, CharlieContributor
Buckholtz, CharlieAuthor
This volume offers a rereading of several canonical stories in Jewish texts and Greek tragedy using devoted resistance as the interpretative lens. These stories highlight the ways in which cultural heroes can distort key parts of themselves and their traditions in the name of tradition itself. This volume explains the tendency of carriers of culture to enshrine authoritative voices in the collective imagination through their selection of canonical stories and to stigmatise and marginalise traditions seen as standing in opposition to the dominant system.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume offers a rereading of several canonical stories in Jewish texts and Greek tragedy using devoted resistance as the interpretative lens. These stories highlight the ways in which cultural heroes can distort key parts of themselves and their traditions in the name of tradition itself. This volume explains the tendency of carriers of culture to enshrine authoritative voices in the collective imagination through their selection of canonical stories and to stigmatise and marginalise traditions seen as standing in opposition to the dominant system.
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Bible.
Rabbinical literature
Sacrifice
Children in the Bible
Devotion
Betrayal
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Judaism