Publications

Publication details [#48645]

Boyarin, Daniel. 2008. The Talmud as a fat Rabbi: A novel approach. Text & Talk 28 (5) : 603–619.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

agency | context | reading | religion | textuality

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/TEXT/html

Annotation

This paper argues that the Menippean satire offers the most important formal and probably historical context for reading the Babylonian Talmud. It also addresses some theoretical considerations regarding the role of agency in dialogism.