In Dominion Built of Praise, Jonathan Decter looks at the phenomenon of panegyric in Mediterranean Jewish culture from several overlapping perspectives-social, historical, ethical, poetic, political, and theological-and finds that they depict how representations of Jewish political leadership varied across space and evolved over time.
In Dominion Built of Praise, Jonathan Decter looks at the phenomenon of panegyric in Mediterranean Jewish culture from several overlapping perspectives-social, historical, ethical, poetic, political, and theological-and finds that they depict how representations of Jewish political leadership varied across space and evolved over time.
Introduction Chapter 1. Performance Matters: Between Public Acclamation and Epistolary Exchange Chapter 2. Poetic Gifts: Maussian Exchange and the Working of Medieval Jewish Culture Chapter 3. "Humble Like the Humble One": The Language of Jewish Political Legitimacy Chapter 4. "Sefarad Boasts over Shinar": Mediterranean Regionalism in Jewish Panegyric Chapter 5. "A Word Aptly Spoken": The Ethics of Praise Chapter 6. "A Cedar Whose Stature in the Garden of Wisdom . . . ": Hyperbole, the Imaginary, and the Art of Magnification Chapter 7. In Praise of God, in Praise of Man: Issues in Political Theology Chapter 8. "May His Book Be Burnt Even Though It Contains Your Praise!": Jewish Panegyric in the Christian Mediterranean Chapter 9. The Other "Great Eagle": Interreligious Panegyrics and the Limits of Interpretation Afterword Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
Introduction Chapter 1. Performance Matters: Between Public Acclamation and Epistolary Exchange Chapter 2. Poetic Gifts: Maussian Exchange and the Working of Medieval Jewish Culture Chapter 3. "Humble Like the Humble One": The Language of Jewish Political Legitimacy Chapter 4. "Sefarad Boasts over Shinar": Mediterranean Regionalism in Jewish Panegyric Chapter 5. "A Word Aptly Spoken": The Ethics of Praise Chapter 6. "A Cedar Whose Stature in the Garden of Wisdom . . . ": Hyperbole, the Imaginary, and the Art of Magnification Chapter 7. In Praise of God, in Praise of Man: Issues in Political Theology Chapter 8. "May His Book Be Burnt Even Though It Contains Your Praise!": Jewish Panegyric in the Christian Mediterranean Chapter 9. The Other "Great Eagle": Interreligious Panegyrics and the Limits of Interpretation Afterword Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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