Slayers of Moses: The Emergence of Rabbinic Interpretation in Modern Literary Theory Book

To be honest, I only read the first section because that was the part assigned and I currently don't have time to read the rest. The basic focus of the book is a comparison and contrast of the interpretive methods of the early Rabbinic scholars and those of the Greek philosophers that have had such a great influence on Western understandings of language. Handelman also goes on to argue that this rabbinic influence is reflected in post-structuralist theory.

In the course of reading I could see just how much my assumptions of interpretation have been influenced by Greek philosophy and the rabbinic and Hebraic understandings seem like this exciting new branch of knowledge that's been ignored for the most part for 2,000 years. Highly recommended to those wanting to get a good introduction to rabbinic interpretive theories and a better understanding of how its differences from Greek thought went on to influence early Christian interpretation and, by extension, all of Western culture