The Prophetic Law: Essays in Judaism, Girardianism, Literary Studies, and the Ethical

Contents

Contents ix acknowledgments xv An Introduction to Girardian Reading part one. dialogue among girardians 3 “I Am Joseph”: Judaism, Anti-Idolatry, and the Prophetic Law 33 A Jewish-Christian Dialogue 57 al lo-chamas ’asah (Although He Had Done No Violence): René Girard and the Innocent Victim 77 Response by René Girard and Reply to René Girard part two. girardian reading and the scriptural 95 The End of Sacrifice: Reading René Girard and the Hebrew Bible 117 From Sacrificial Violence to Responsibility: The Education of Moses in Exodus 2–4 part three. girardian reading and the literary 141 Reading Religion, Literature, and the End of Desire: Mensonge romantique et vérité romanesque at Fifty 149 “Nothing Extenuate”: Love, Jealousy, and Reading in Shakespeare’s Othello part four. girardian reading and the ethical 169 Reading Halachically and Aggadically: A Response to Reuven Kimelman 187 The Self and Other People: Reading Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation with René Girard and Emmanuel Levinas 201 From the Sacred to the Holy: René Girard, Emmanuel Levinas, and Substitution 229 Back to the Future: The Prophetic and the Apocalyptic in Jewish and Christian Settings 243 Conclusions: Reading René Girard 259 notes 279 bibliography 291 index ...