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Milton and the rabbis : Hebraism, Hellenism & Christianity
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Milton and the rabbis : Hebraism, Hellenism & Christianity

Author: Jeffrey S Shoulson
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Taking as its starting point the long-standing characterization of Milton as a "Hebraic" writer, this book probes the limits of the relationship between Milton and his Jewish antecedents. It shows  Read more...

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Named Person: John Milton; John Milton; John Milton; John Milton; John Milton
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jeffrey S Shoulson
ISBN: 0231123280 9780231123280 0231123299 9780231123297
OCLC Number: 46951741
Description: xi, 340 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Hebraism and Literary History --
Diaspora and Restoration --
"Taking Sanctuary Among the Jews": Milton and the Form of Jewish Precedent --
The Poetics of Accommodation: Theodicy and the Language of Kingship --
Imagining Desire: Divine and Human Creativity --
"So Shall the World Go On": Martyrdom, Interpretation, and History --
Epilogue: Toward Interpreting the Hebraism of Samson Agonistes.
Responsibility: Jeffrey S. Shoulson.

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[Shoulson]... is as sophisticated a reader of Milton's works as he is of the rabbinical writings that shaped the milieu in which Milton and his contemporaries worked out their relationship to Read more...

 
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