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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Yael Lin - Contributions by Ephraim Meir; Edna Langenthal; Gary D. Mole; Elisabeth Goldwyn; Catherine Chalier; Eli Schonfeld; Michal Ben-Naftali; Richard A. Cohen; Hanoch Ben-Pazi and Tamar Abramov Klappentext This collection of essays is an attempt to capture the drama of the encounter, of the 'facing' of Levinas and the biblical text. It seeks to link Jewish experience and Levinasian themes such as responsibility, substitution, hospitality, suffering and forgiveness, and at the same time make the biblical text accessible in a new way. The book offers new insights on the opening up of Levinas's thought and biblical stories to one another; it considers the ways in which Levinas can open up the biblical text to requestioning, and how the biblical text can inform our reading of Levinas. Setting up in dialogue the heteronomic texts - the narrative texts of the bible and Levinas's philosophical texts - allows an enforced and renewed understanding of both. The examination of these issues is pursued from diverse perspectives and disciplines, probing the role biblical figures play in Levinas's thought and the manner by which to approach them. Do the biblical allusions serve in Levinas's thought merely as a rhetorical and literary device, as illustrations of his ideas, or perhaps they have a deeper philosophical meaning, which contributes to his project in general? Do the references to biblical figures work in Levinas's philosophy in a way that other literary figures are incapable of, and how do these references comply with his conflicted attitude towards literature? Zusammenfassung Levinas Faces Biblical Figures captures the drama of the encounter between a great philosopher and a text of primary importance. The book considers the ways in which Levinas's thoughts can open up the biblical text to requestioning! and how the biblical text can inform our reading of Levinas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Bible, Ethics and PoeticsYael Lin1) Subjectivity, Hospitality and ExileThe Meaning of the Abrahamic Adventure in Levinas's ThoughtEphraim MeirWelcoming the Other: Hospitality, Subjectivity and Otherness in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas and the Biblical Story, the Hospitality of AbrahamEdna Langenthal2) Suffering, Justice, and ForgivenessCruel Justice, Responsibility, and Forgiveness: On Levinas's Reading of the Gibeonites Gary D. MoleThe Power of Goodness - Rizpah Bat Aya in the Interpretation of Levinas Elisabeth Goldwyn3) Choice and Election Ruth : The Meaning of a Conversion Catherine ChalierJonah: Hero of the Impossible Escape: The Biblical Interruption of Philosophy in LevinasEli Schonfeld4) The Face, Death, and Responsibility Abel's Look - Levinas Reads CainMichal Ben-NaftaliThe Mystery of the Red Heifer - Solved, to Nobody's SatisfactionRichard A. Cohen5) Judaism, Messianism, and ZionismJoseph: The Voice from the CoffinHanoch Ben-PaziLadders to Heaven: Caleb, Levinas and the Challenge of the ExplorersTamar Abramov...
