Canonization and Alterity

Heresy in Jewish History, Thought, and Literature
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-11-099240-3
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 297 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 515 g

Reihe: Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts

This volume offers an examination of varied forms of expressions of heresy in Jewish history, thought and literature. Contributions explore the formative role of the figure of the heretic and of heretic thought in the development of the Jewish traditions from antiquity to the 20th century. Chapters explore the role of heresy in the Hellenic period and Rabbinic literature; the significance of heresy to Kabbalah, and the critical and often formative importance the challenge of heresy plays for modern thinkers such as Spinoza, Freud, and Derrida, and literary figures such as Kafka, Tchernikhovsky, and I.B. Singer. Examining heresy as a boundary issue constitutive for the formation of Jewish tradition, this book contributes to a better understanding of the significance of the figure of the heretic for tradition more generally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goetschel, Willi

Sharvit, Gilad

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Literatur & Kunst

Über Autor(innen)

Gilad Sharvit, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Willi Goetschel, University of Toronto, Canada.