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UNINA9910790997103321 |
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Calderon Ruth <1961-> |
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A bride for one night : Talmud tales / / Ruth Calderon ; translated by Ilana Kurshan |
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Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : The Jewish Publication Society, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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0-8276-1164-1 |
0-8276-1163-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Jewish legends |
Rabbinical literature - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book." |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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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. |
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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 |
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UNINA9910806183703321 |
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Autore |
Maupassant Guy de <1850-1893, > |
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Contes de la bécasse / / Guy de Maupassant |
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[Place of publication not identified] : , : Ligaran, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (174 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Couverture; Page de Copyright; Page de titre; La Bécasse; Ce cochon de Morin; 1; 2; 3; La Folle; Pierrot; Menuet; La Peur; Farce normande; Les Sabots; La Rempailleuse; En mer; Un Normand; Le Testament; Aux champs; Un coq chanta; Un fils; Saint-Antoine; L'aventure de Walter Schnaffs |
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Extrait : ""Le vieux baron des Ravots avait été pendant quarante ans le roi des chasseurs de sa province. Mais, depuis cinq à six années, une paralysie des jambes le clouait à son fauteuil ; il ne pouvait plus que tirer des pigeons de la fenêtre de son salon ou du haut de son grand perron. Le reste du temps il lisait."" |
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