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LEADER: 01500nam a22003138a 4500
001 2009001681
003 DLC
005 20090126110940.0
008 090123s2009 pau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009001681
020 $a9780820704203 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780820704210 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aPR275.E77$bL48 2009
082 00 $a820.9/38$222
245 00 $aLevinas and medieval literature :$bthe "difficult reading" of English and rabbinic texts /$cedited by Ann W. Astell and J. A. Jackson.
260 $aPittsburgh, Pa. :$bDuquesne University Press,$c2009.
263 $a0904
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aEthics in literature.
650 0 $aEnglish literature$yMiddle English, 1100-1500$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aRabbinical literature$xHistory and criticism.
600 10 $aLévinas, Emmanuel$xEthics.
650 0 $aLiterature and morals.
650 0 $aReligion and literature$xHistory$yTo 1500.
700 1 $aAstell, Ann W.
700 1 $aJackson, J. A.$q(Justin A.),$d1972-