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Prodigal Son/Elder Brother: Interpretation and Alterity in Augustine, Petrarch,
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Prodigal Son/Elder Brother: Interpretation and Alterity in Augustine, Petrarch, Kafka, Levinas Hardback - 1991

by Jill Robbins

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"I don't know of any other book that deals with the hermeneutical problem of the relationship between Christianity and Judaism in the way this one does. Full of cunning and unpredictable turns, Prodigal Son/Elder Brother addresses the question of the elder brother's fate by opposing two sets of readings, Christian and Jewish, ancient and modern, figural and midrashic. No one, after reading this book, will any longer connect Judaism and Christianity with a hyphen."--Gerald L. Burns, University of Notre Dame

"Through a creative reading of the prodigal son parable, Jill Robbins demonstrates the hermeneutical impasse of the Christian exegete who must and yet cannot incorporate the Old Testament. Having disclosed the aporia at the heart of Christian hermeneutics, she proposes an alternative approach to the Hebrew Bible and new interpretations of Augustine, Petrarch, Kafka, and Levinas. Robbins brilliantly integrates the discourses of biblical texts, literary works, and critical analysis."--Mark C. Taylor, Williams College

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  • Title Prodigal Son/Elder Brother: Interpretation and Alterity in Augustine, Petrarch, Kafka, Levinas
  • Author Jill Robbins
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 184
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1991-07
  • ISBN 9780226721101 / 0226721108
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.77 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.96 cm)
  • Category Religion - Church History
  • Library of Congress subjects Levinas, Emmanuel, Augustine
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 90019722
  • Dewey Decimal Code 261.26

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Jill Robbins is assistant professor of English and comparative literature at State University of New York, Buffalo.

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