Translating "Hebrew" into "Greek": The Discursive Hermeneutics of Emmanuel Levinas's Talmudic Readings

This dissertation examines Emmanuel Levinass Talmudic readings and the hermeneutics employed to translate the Talmud into modern language. Levinas claims to be translating Hebrew into Greek by rendering into a universal, philosophical language (Greek) the ethical structure of subjectivity (Hebrew)...

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Main Author: Guy, Matthew Wayne
Other Authors: John Protevi
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2003
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-0903103-125920/