Textual mirrors : reflexivity, Midrash, and the rabbinic self /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Stein, Dina.
Imprint:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012.
Description:	202 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Divinations : rereading late ancient religion Divinations.
Subject:	Midrash. Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism. Self-consciousness (Awareness) -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Reflection (Philosophy) -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Authority -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Rabbis -- Office. Authority -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Rabbinical literature. Rabbis -- Office. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8914176

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ISBN:	9780812244366 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0812244362 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chapter 1. Simon the Just and the Nazirite: Reflections of (Im)Possible Selves
Chapter 2. A King, a Queen, and the Discourse Between: The Riddle of Midrash
Chapter 3. The Blind Eye of the Beholder: Tall Tales, Travelogues, and Midrash
Chapter 4. Being There: Serah bat Asher, Magical Language, and Rabbinic Textual Interpretation
Chapter 5. A Maidservant and Her Master's Voice: From Narcissism to Mimicry
Epilogue: Midrash, Ruins, and Self-Reflexivity
Appendix: bBava Batra 73a-75b
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments

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