Intertextual resonance describes a relationship between texts in which features of an earlier work shape the meaning of a later one without direct quotation or explicit reference. This can occur through repeated phrases, narrative patterns, symbolic images, or thematic alignment. The connection depends on reader awareness and cultural memory rather than formal citation. Intertextual resonance allows a text to draw authority, depth, or nuance from prior literature while remaining independent. It highlights how meaning is formed through interaction between texts rather than contained within a single passage.
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- Haber, Ruth Ellen, Rabbis on the Road: Exposition En Route in Classical Rabbinic Texts
- Dell, Katharine, "Exploring Intertextual Links Between Ecclesiastes and Genesis 1–11" in Dell, Katharine Julia, and Will Kynes (eds.) Reading Ecclesiastes Intertextually
- Duggan, Michael, "1 Maccabees: Emotions of Life and Death in Narrative and Lament" in Reif, Stefan C., and Renate Egger-Wenzel (eds.) Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions: Emotions Associated with Jewish Prayer in and around the Second Temple Period
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