Seder Eliyahu - A Narratological Reading

The book is concerned with a so called ethical midrash, Seder Eliyahu (also known as Tanna debe Eliyahu), a post-talmudic work probably composed in the ninth century. It provides a survey of the research on this late midrash followed by five studies of different aspects related to what is designated as the work's narratology. These include a discussion of the problem of the apparent pseudo-epigraphy of the work and of the multiple voices of the text; a description of the various narrative types which the work, itself as a whole of non-narrative character, makes use of; a detailed treatment of Seder Eliyahu's parables and most characteristic first person narratives (an extremely unusual form of narrative discourse in rabbinic literature); as well as a final chapter dedicated to selected women stories in this late midrash. As it emerges from the survey in chapter 1 such a narratologically informed study of Seder Eliyahu represents a new approach in the research on a work that is clearly the product of a time of transition in Jewish literature.

About the author

Constanza Cordoni, Universität Utrecht, Niederlande.

Product details

• Authors: Constanza Cordoni
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2020
• EAN: 9783110710472
• ISBN: 978-3-11-071047-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 18 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 483 g
• Illustrations: 6 b/w tbl.
• Series: Studia Judaica; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism