Recreating the Canon

Nehama Aschkenasy

2004

The ancient Judaic midrash paved the way for a certain type of biblical hermeneutics while also using the master pre-Text as a pretext for creating a new tale. The midrash is the prototype of creative exegesis, exhibiting a singular combination of literary criticism and literary creativity. The creators of midrash released the dramatic and epic…

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Nehama Aschkenasy

b. 1940

Israeli-born Nehama Aschkenasy is professor of comparative literary and cultural studies at the University of Connecticut, where she specializes in Hebrew and biblical literature, women in Hebraic and Western literature, and comparative literary theory. She is an author, editor, and contributor to scholarly periodicals.

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