Journal article
Jewish commentaries on Star Wars: theology, history, and debate
Abstract
This paper examines how pop culture commentators, rabbis, bloggers, and others create commentaries on the implicit Jewish dimensions of Star Wars movies. These midrashic commentaries fundamentally challenge the conceptual divide between pop culture and religious life, and online religion and religion online. Commentaries examined here are grouped into three categories, including those created by commentators who link a range of points from …
Authors
Rothenberg C
Journal
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 164–180
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
April 2, 2020
DOI
10.1080/14725886.2019.1670989
ISSN
1472-5886