The Return of the Absent Father - A New Reading of a Chain of Stories from the Babylonian Talmud (Hardcover)

The Return of the Absent Father offers a new reading of a chain of seven stories from tractate Ketubot in the Babylonian Talmud, in which sages abandon their homes, wives, and families and go away to the study house for long periods. Earlier interpretations have emphasized the tension between conjugal and scholarly desire as the key driving force in these stories. Haim Weiss and Shira Stav here reveal an additional layer of meaning to the father figure's role within the family structure. By shifting the spotlight from the couple to the drama of the father's relationship with his sons and daughters, they present a more complex tension between mundane domesticity and the sphere of spiritual learning represented by the study house. This coauthored book presents a dialogic encounter between Weiss, a scholar of rabbinic literature, and Stav, a scholar of modern Hebrew literary studies. Working together, they have produced a book resonant in its melding of the scholarly norms of rabbinics with a literary interpretation based in feminist and psychoanalytic theory.

General

Imprint:	University of PennsylvaniaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
Release date:	February 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Haim Weiss • Shira Stav
Translators:	Batya Stein
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-8122-5363-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > General
LSN:	0-8122-5363-9
Barcode:	9780812253634

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