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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453559903321

Autore

Calderon Ruth <1961->

Titolo

A bride for one night : Talmud tales / / Ruth Calderon ; translated by Ilana Kurshan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : The Jewish Publication Society, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8276-1164-1

0-8276-1163-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KurshanIlana

Disciplina

296.1/2

Soggetti

Jewish legends

Rabbinical literature - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The imaginative map -- The fishpond -- Sisters -- The other side -- Beloved rabbi -- Libertina -- Return -- A bride for one night -- Nazir -- Lamp -- The matron -- The goblet -- The knife -- He and his son -- Sorrow in the cave -- Elisha -- The Beruria incident -- Yishmael, my son, bless me.

Sommario/riassunto

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