Download or read book Levinas and Medieval Literature written by Ann W. Astell and published by Duquesne. This book was released on 2009 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Twelve essays take the unique approach of connecting Christian allegory, talmudic hermeneutics, and Levinasian interpretation, as authors put into dialogue the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas with a variety of English and rabbinic writings from the Middle Ages, thus illuminating what it means to classify medieval texts as profoundly ethical"--Provided by publisher.