Instantiations of alterity: The goy as modern subject

This article offers an anthropological and theoretical-archeological comparative exploration of agency, responsibility, and alterity in the Late Ancient Iranian Talmud and its reading in contemporary Manhattan. The guiding question is how the classical rabbinic imagery and conceptualization of the “...

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Authors: Dolgopolski, Sergey 1964- (Author) ; Boyarin, Jonathan 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2024
In: Critical research on religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 121-138
Further subjects:B Talmud today and in antiquity
B philosophical archeaology
B Jews and non-jews
B jewish identity
B modern subjectivity
B modern and classical goy
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Summary:This article offers an anthropological and theoretical-archeological comparative exploration of agency, responsibility, and alterity in the Late Ancient Iranian Talmud and its reading in contemporary Manhattan. The guiding question is how the classical rabbinic imagery and conceptualization of the “Goy” or “non-Jew” are implicitly recast in the modern framework of subjectivity, in a social context of quasi-traditionalist Talmud study. The specific Talmudic texts examined focus further on the role that the difference and analogy between humans and other animals plays in this reimagination of the “Goy's” persona.
ISSN:2050-3040
Contains:Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/20503032241254372