Talmudic Stories: Narrative Art, Composition, and Culture

Author - Jeffrey L. Rubenstein ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Hardcover Book item from The Johns Hopkins University Press was reviewed on 7-Nov-2008.

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1) Hardcover Book Talmudic Stories: Narrative Art, Composition, and Culture by The Johns Hopkins University Press. In Talmudic Stories: Narrative Art, Composition, And Culture, Jeffrey Rubenstein (assistant professor in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University) draws attention to the literary aspects and cultural contexts of six Babylonian Talmud stories and provides a framework essential for a proper appreciation and understanding of their narrative art, meanings, and importance in Judaic studies. The chapters composing Talmudic Stories include: Torah, Shame, and "The Oven of Akhnai"; Elisha ben Abuya: Torah and the Sinful Sage; Torah and the Mundane Life; The Education of R. Shimon bar Yohai; Rabbinic Authority and the Destruction of Jerusalem; Torah, Lineage, and the Academic Hierarchy; Torah, Gentiles, and Eschatology. Talmudic Stories is an impressive work of insightful scholarship and a highly recommended addition to academic, temple, and personal Judaic studies collections.¤

2) Hardcover Book Talmudic Stories: Narrative Art, Composition, and Culture by The Johns Hopkins University Press.

How should we understand the stories of the Babylonian Talmud? Where do they come from? Why are they in the Talmud? How do they relate to Talmudic law? In Talmudic Stories, Jeffrey Rubenstein deepens our appreciation for the complexity of these texts by drawing attention to the literary aspects and cultural contexts that are essential to understanding their narrative art, meanings, and importance. Focusing on six famous stories of the Babylonian Talmud and discussing many others in relation to these, Rubenstein´s analysis illuminates the ways in which the rabbis used narratives to grapple with fundamental tensions of their culture. The book also features an appendix including the original Hebrew/Aramaic texts for the reader´s reference.

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