A Bride for One Night : Talmud Tales /

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Ruth Calderon has recently electrified the Jewish world with her teachings of talmudic texts. In this volume, her first to appear in English, she offers a fascinating window into some of the liveliest and most colorful stories in the Talmud. Calderon rewrites talmudic tales as richly imagined fictio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Calderon, Ruth, 1961-
Otros Autores: Kurshan, Ilana
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rabbinical literature.
Jewish legends.
RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
Litterature rabbinique > Histoire et critique.
Legendes juives.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Ruth Calderon has recently electrified the Jewish world with her teachings of talmudic texts. In this volume, her first to appear in English, she offers a fascinating window into some of the liveliest and most colorful stories in the Talmud. Calderon rewrites talmudic tales as richly imagined fictions, drawing us into the lives of such characters as the woman who risks her life for a sister suspected of adultery; a humble schoolteacher who rescues his village from drought; and a wife who dresses as a prostitute to seduce her pious husband in their garden. Breathing new life into an ancient.
Notas:"Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9780827611634

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