The charm of wise hesitancy : Talmudic stories in contemporary Israeli culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Jacobson, David C., 1947- (Author)
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.