A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales by Calderon, Ruth

A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780827612099)

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A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales by Calderon, Ruth

A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales

$21.95
A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales by Calderon, Ruth

A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales

$21.95
Format: Paperback
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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 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 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.



Author: Ruth Calderon
ISBN-10: 0827612095
ISBN-13: 9780827612099
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2014
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
By Ruth Calderon
By Ruth Calderon
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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 and founder and chair of Alma: Home for Hebrew Culture in Tel Aviv.

Ilana Kurshan is the books editor of Lilith magazine. She is the author of Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? as well as several articles about Talmud, literature, and Jewish life.

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