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The Charm of Wise Hesitancy

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In recent decades, there has been a resurgence of interest among both secular and religious Israelis in Talmudic stories. This growing fascination with Talmudic stories has been inspired by contemporary Israeli writers who have sought to make readers aware of the special qualities of these well-crafted narratives that portray universal human situations, including marriages, relationships between parents and children, power struggles between people, and the challenge of trying to live a good life. The Charm of Wise Hesitancy explores the resurgence of interest in Talmudic stories in Israel and presents some of the most popular Talmudic stories in contemporary Israeli culture, as well as creative interpretations of those stories by Israeli writers, thereby providing readers with an opportunity to consider how these stories may be relevant to their own lives.

Title The Charm of Wise Hesitancy : Talmudic Stories in Contemporary Israeli Culture / David C. Jacobson.
Publisher Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press
Creation Date [2017]
Notes Issued also in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
In English.
Content Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- A Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Preface -- Introduction: Recovering a Repressed Past -- CHAPTER 1. The Rediscovery of Talmudic Stories -- CHAPTER 2. Authority, Autonomy, and Interpersonal Relations: The Oven of Akhnai -- CHAPTER 3. When Opposites Attract: Rabbi Yohanan and Resh Lakish -- CHAPTER 4. Women and Torah Study: Beruria -- CHAPTER 5. Eros Repressed and Restored: Rabbi Hiya Bar Ashi and Heruta -- CHAPTER 6. An Ideal Marriage: Rabbi Akiva and the Daughter of Ben Calba Savua -- CHAPTER 7. Human Failings and National Destruction: Kamtza and Bar Kamtza -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Series Israel: Society, Culture, and History
Extent 1 online resource (182 pages).
Language English
Copyright Date ©2017
National Library system number 997012132226505171
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