The charm of wise hesitancy : Talmudic stories in contemporary Israeli culture /
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Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Beren Family Jewish Studies Library Fund (Wellesley College Library) |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Brighton : Academic Studies Press, 2017. |
Series: | Israel (Boston, Mass.)
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Local Note: | Gift of the Beren Family Jewish Studies Library Fund. |
Table of 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.