In this Book
- Jewish Rhetorics: History, Theory, Practice
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Brandeis University Press
summary
This volume, the first of its kind, establishes and clarifies the significance of Jewish rhetorics as its own field and as a field within rhetoric studies. Diverse essays illuminate and complicate the editors’ definition of a Jewish rhetorical stance as allowing speakers to maintain a “resolute sense of engagement” with their fellows and their community, while also remaining aware of the dislocation from the members of those communities. Topics include the historical and theoretical foundations of Jewish rhetorics; cultural variants and modes of cultural expression; and intersections with Greco-Roman, Christian, Islamic, and contemporary rhetorical theory and practice. In addition, the contributors examine gender and Yiddish, and evaluate the actual and potential effect of Jewish rhetorics on contemporary scholarship and on the ways we understand and teach language and writing. The contributors include some of the world’s leading scholars of rhetoric, writing, and Jewish studies.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. vii-xxxii
- 8. Rabbi Moses ben Nachman, Sophist?
- pp. 131-146
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 265-266
- Contributors
- pp. 267-270
Additional Information
ISBN
9781611686418
Related ISBN(s)
9781611686395, 9781611686401
MARC Record
OCLC
897117124
Pages
278
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-27
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2014