Milton and the rabbis : Hebraism, Hellenism & Christianity /

Taking as its starting point the long-standing characterization of Milton as a "Hebraic" writer, Milton and the Rabbis probes the limits of the relationship between the seventeenth-century English poet and polemicist and his Jewish antecedents. Shoulson's analysis moves back and forth...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shoulson, Jeffrey S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2001]
Subjects:
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Knowledge > Judaism.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Religion.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Et le judaïsme.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674
1600-1699
Christianity and other religions > Judaism > History > 17th century.
Jewish learning and scholarship > England > History > 17th century.
Judaism > Relations > Christianity > History > 17th century.
Hebrew literature > Appreciation > England.
Hellenism > History > 17th century.
Judaism in literature.
Christianisme > Relations > Judaïsme > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Juifs > Savoir et érudition > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Judaïsme > Relations > Christianisme > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Juifs > Savoir et érudition dans la littérature.
Littérature hébraïque > Appréciation > Angleterre.
Hellénisme > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Judaïsme dans la littérature.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Christianity
Hebrew literature > Appreciation
Hellenism
Interfaith relations
Jewish learning and scholarship
Judaism
Judaism in literature
Religion
Jodendom.
Hellenisme.
Christendom.
England
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on the Texts
  • Introduction: Hebraism and Literary History
  • 1. Diaspora and Restoration
  • 2. "Taking Sanctuary Among the Jews": Milton and the Form of Jewish Precedent
  • 3. The Poetics of Accommodation: Theodicy and the Language of Kingship
  • 4. Imagining Desire: Divine and Human Creativity
  • 5. "So Shall the World Go On": Martyrdom, Interpretation, and History
  • Epilogue: Toward Interpreting the Hebraism of Samson Agonistes
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index.

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