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Ruth Calderon - A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales - 9780827612099 - V9780827612099
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A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales

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Description for A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales Paperback.

"Heartfelt, philosophical, imaginative, and religious, these stories offer new ways to read text."—Sharon Elswit, Jewish Book Council

Breathing new life into an ancient text, A Bride for One Night offers a surprising and provocative read, both for anyone already intimate with the Talmud or for anyone interested in one of the most influential works of Jewish literature.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Jewish Publication Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, United States
ISBN
9780827612099
SKU
V9780827612099
Shipping Time
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About Ruth Calderon
Ruth Calderon has a PhD in Talmud from Hebrew University and was elected to the Israeli Knesset in January 2013. She became a national celebrity when she taught a page of Talmud in the Israeli parliament, arguing that the text was the heritage of the entire Jewish people. She is founder and former director of Elul Beit Midrash in Jerusalem ... Read more

Reviews for A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales
"A Bride for One Night highlights Ruth Calderon's remarkable skill in bridging the cultural gap between the rabbis and contemporary readers and the significant contribution she has made to demonstrating the relevance of rabbinic legends in the 21st century."—David C. Jacobson, Jewish Review of Books "Dr. Calderon's A Bride for One Night takes seventeen short sugyot (sections) of Talmudic texts, ... Read more

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