{"product_id":"textual-mirrors-9780812244366","title":"Textual Mirrors","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Textual Mirrors, Dina Stein draws on literary theory, folklore studies, and semiotics to closely examine midrashic tales in which self-reflexivity operates as a central element. Within these texts, rabbinic discourse itself becomes the object of reflection, both complicating and confirming its religious and ideological principles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dina Stein focuses on some of the most complex and crucial questions concerning the proper understanding of midrashic discourse and the processes of its production and reception.\" * Joshua Levinson, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Simon the Just and the Nazirite: Reflections of (Im)Possible Selves\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. A King, a Queen, and the Discourse Between: The Riddle of Midrash\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Blind Eye of the Beholder: Tall Tales, Travelogues, and Midrash\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Being There: SeraÎ bat Asher, Magical Language, and Rabbinic Textual Interpretation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. A Maidservant and Her Master's Voice: From Narcissism to Mimicry\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Midrash, Ruins, and Self-Reflexivity\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: bBava Batra 73a-75b\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MT - University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577539400023,"sku":"9780812244366","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812244366.jpg?v=1746095742","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/textual-mirrors-9780812244366","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}