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The charm of wise hesitancy : Talmudic stories in contemporary Israeli culture / David C. Jacobson.
Van Pelt Library BM516.5 .J335 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobson, David C., 1947- author.
- Series:
- Israel (Boston, Mass.)
- Israel: society, culture and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aggada.
- Secularism--Israel.
- Secularism.
- Israel.
- Orthodox Judaism--Israel--Relations--Nontraditional Jews.
- Orthodox Judaism.
- Relations.
- Nontraditional Jews.
- Interfaith relations.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 146 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Recovering a repressed past
- 1. The rediscovery of Talmudic stories
- 2. Authority, autonomy, and interpersonal relations: the oven of Akhnai
- 3. When opposites attract: Rabbi Yohanan and Resh Lakish
- 4. Women and Torah study: Beruria
- 5. Eros repressed and restored: Rabbi Hiya Bar Ashi and Heruta
- 6. An ideal marriage: Rabbi Akiva and the daughter of Ben Calba Savua
- 7. Human failings and national destruction: Kamtza and Bar Kamtza.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Jacobson, David C., 1947- Charm of wise hesitancy.
- ISBN:
- 9781618115546
- 1618115545
- OCLC:
- 958497952
- Publisher Number:
- 99972586929
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