Introduction
Ellen Spolsky
1. Power and Constraint: Convenantal Hermeneutics in Milton
Harold Fisch
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
2. Biblical Covenants as Performative Language
Gerda Elata-Alster and Rachel Salmon
3. Facing the Other: Levinas, Perelman, and Rosenzweig
Susan Handelman
4. The Difficulty of Finding a Moral Basis for Accepting the Covenant
Daniel Statman
5. The Perpetual Covenant of Jewish Learning
Menachem Fisch
6. The Sign of the Covenant
Betty Rojtman
COVENANTS AND TEXTS
7. Redesigning Redemption: Covenant in The Testament of Moses
Betsy Halpern-Amaru
8. Placing Reading: Ancient Israel and Medieval Europe
Daniel Boyarin
9. Binding and Unbinding: The Summons to Interpretation in The Merchant of Venice
Elizabeth Freund
10. American Literature's Declaration of In/dependence: Stanley Cavell, Nathanial Hawthorne, and the Covenant of Consent
Emily Miller Budick
11. Intertextuality and Reader Resonsibility: Living On in Malamud's "The Mourners"
Sharon Deykin Baris
12. "The New Covenant" and the Dilemma of Dissensus: Bercovitch, Roth, and Doctorow
Sam B. Girgus
Contributors