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The typological imaginary : circumcision, technology, history /

In this book Kathleen Biddick investigates the fate of the enduring timelines fabricated by early Christians to distinguish themselves from their Jewish neighbors. Ranging widely across the history of text, technology, and book art, she relates three interwoven stories: the Christians' translat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Biddick, Kathleen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2003]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: Typology Never Lets Go
  • 1. Christians Mapping Jews: Cartography, Temporality, and the Typological Imaginary
  • 2. Printing Excision: The Graphic Afterlife of Medieval Universal Histories
  • 3. Graphic Reoccupation, the Faithful Synagogue, and Foucault's Genealogy
  • 4. Lachrymose History, the Typological Imaginary, and the Lacanian Enlightenment
  • 5. Translating the Foreskin
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.