The Prophetic Law: Essays in Judaism, Girardianism, Literary Studies, and the Ethical

by Sandor Goodhart

To read literature is to read the way literature reads. Ren Girard's immense body of work supports this thesis bountifully. Whether engaging the European novel, ancient Greek tragedy, Shakespeare's plays, or Jewish and Christian scripture, Girard teaches us to read prophetically, not by offering a method he has developed, but by presenting the methodologies they have developed, the interpretative readings already available within (and constitutive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611861241
• ISBN13: 9781611861242
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"