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| Named Person: | John Milton; John Milton; John Milton; John Milton; John Milton |
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| 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 Christiantiy and to the ancient and contemporary Hebraic traditions. The results are enlightening and truly rewarding. Seventeenth-Century News A rich canvas... Shoulson brings to his task great erudition, scholarly comprehensiveness, and critical acumen. -- Manfried Weidhorn Sixteenth Century Journal Insightful and inventive... Rather than trying to claim a specific source for Milton's "Hebraic" tendencies, Shoulson asserts that rabbinic literature might have reached [Milton] through a variety of means, direct and indirect. -- Heather Shillinglaw, Indiana University Religious Studies Review Read more...
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- Milton, John, -- 1608-1674 -- Knowledge -- Judaism.
- Christianity and other religions -- Judaism -- History -- 17th century.
- Jewish learning and scholarship -- England -- History -- 17th century.
- Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity -- History -- 17th century.
- Hebrew literature -- Appreciation -- England.
- Milton, John, -- 1608-1674 -- Religion.
- Hellenism -- History -- 17th century.
- Judaism in literature.
- Milton, John, -- 1608-1674 -- Et le judaïsme.
- Christianisme -- Relations -- Judaïsme -- Histoire -- 17e siècle.
- Juifs -- Savoir et érudition -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 17e siècle.
- Judaïsme -- Relations -- Christianisme -- Histoire -- 17e siècle.
- Juifs -- Savoir et érudition dans la littérature.
- Littérature hébraïque -- Appréciation -- Angleterre.
- Hellénisme -- Histoire -- 17e siècle.
- Judaïsme dans la littérature.
- Jodendom.
- Hellenisme.
- Christendom.
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- Christentum.
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- Hebraistik.
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