Levinas and Medieval Literature: The "Difficult Reading" of English and Rabbinic Texts

by Ann W. Astell (Editor), Justin A. Jackson (Editor)

"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.

374 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009