This study examines by a meticulous analysis of abundant rabbinic citations the pluralism of the Halakhah in the pre-70 period which stands in contrast to the fixed Halakhah of later periods. The Temple's destruction provoked, for political motives, the initiation of this signif…
"This is the richest and most detailed study in English of Ernst Toller's plays and their most significant productions. Dr Cecil Davies places particular emphasis on the productions directed by Karl-Heinz Martin, Jurgen Fehling and Erwin Piscator, showing how these brilliant dir…
"This is the richest and most detailed study in English of Ernst Toller's plays and their most significant productions. Dr Cecil Davies places particular emphasis on the productions directed by Karl-Heinz Martin, Jurgen Fehling and Erwin Piscator, showing how these brilliant dir…
A survey of the landscape of interpretive policy analysis. This book discusses the specific strengths and limitations of different interpretive approaches, and combines thorough theoretical discussions with a practical orientation towards doing policy analysis.
Memes of Translation is a search for coherence in translation theory based on the notion of Memes: ideas that spread, develop and replicate, like genes. The author explores a wide range of ideas on translation, mapping the "meme pool" of translation theory with chapters on trans…
Interpreting Music is a comprehensive essay on understanding musical meaning and performing music meaningfully"interpreting music" in both senses of the term. Synthesizing and advancing two decades of highly influential work, Lawrence Kramer fundamentally rethinks the concepts o…
"In this book, Michael Krausz addresses the concept of interpretation in the visual arts, the emotions, and the self. He examines competing ideas of interpretation, their ontological entanglements, reference frames, and the relation between elucidation and self-transformation."-…
Interpreting the Moving Image is a collection of essays by one of the most astute critics of cinema at work today. This volume provides a close analysis of major films of both the narrative and the avant-garde traditions. Written in accessible and engaging language, it also serv…
Interpreting the Moving Image is a collection of essays by one of the most astute critics of cinema at work today. This volume provides a close analysis of major films of both the narrative and the avant-garde traditions. Written in accessible and engaging language, it also serv…
"The Elijah-Elisha narrative (1 Kings 16:29-2 Kings 13) is perhaps the most underestimated text in the Bible. Far from being a disparate collection, it is a carefully crafted double drama that both mirrors life and synthesizes the entire Primary History (Genesis-Kings). In a bol…