LEADER 02735nam 2200613 450 001 9910790997103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8276-1164-1 010 $a0-8276-1163-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001183395 035 $a(EBL)1595284 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001084274 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12445414 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001084274 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11039599 035 $a(PQKB)11347129 035 $a(OCoLC)868068761 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32514 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1595284 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10827159 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL563421 035 $a(OCoLC)868488915 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1595284 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001183395 100 $a20140121h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA bride for one night $eTalmud tales /$fRuth Calderon ; translated by Ilana Kurshan 210 1$aPhiladelphia, [Pennsylvania] :$cThe Jewish Publication Society,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 300 $a"Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book." 311 $a0-8276-1209-5 311 $a1-306-32170-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aRuth 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 606 $aJewish legends 606 $aRabbinical literature$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aJewish legends. 615 0$aRabbinical literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a296.1/2 700 $aCalderon$b Ruth$f1961-$01493261 701 $aKurshan$b Ilana$01493262 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790997103321 996 $aA bride for one night$93716149 997 $aUNINA