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Six memos from the last millennium : a novelist reads the Talmud /
A thief-turned-saint, killed by an insult. A rabbi burning down his world in order to save it. A man who lost his sanity while trying to fathom the origin of the universe. A beautiful woman battling her brother's and her husband's egos to preserve their family. Stories such as these enlive...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2016.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Exploring Jewish arts and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A novelist reads the Talmud : an introduction
- Timeline of relevant events, according to rabbinic tradition
- Memo one. Rabbi Yohanan and Rabbi Shimon Ben Lakish
- Eros and alchemy in the waters of the Jordan
- Memo two. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai
- Turning the hearts of fathers
- Memo three a, b, and c. Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon, Rabbi Pinhas ben Yair, and Rabbi Judah ben Gerim
- Towards the hearts of sons
- Memo four. Rabban Gamliel II of Yavneh, Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah, and Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus
- The gate of a broken heart
- Memo five. Rabbi Akiva, Shimon ben Azzai, Shimon ben Zoma, and Elisha ben Avuyah
- Revelation, retribution, perdition, ecstasy, and bliss : an epic canvas.