Textual mirrors: reflexivity, Midrash, and the rabbinic self
by Stein, Dina
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by Stein, Dina
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by Stein, Dina
fromDivinations
by Stein, Dina
fromDivinations
by Stein, Dina
fromDivinations
by Stein, Dina
fromDivinations
by Stein, Dina
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In 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 …