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03752cam a2200397Ki 4500 |
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ocn953577523 |
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OCoLC |
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20240726104742.0 |
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160714s2016 txu ob s000 0ceng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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TEFOD |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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pn |
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TEFOD |
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OCLCO |
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NT |
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OCLCO |
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YDX |
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EBLCP |
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VLB |
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CCO |
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COCUF |
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LOA |
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K6U |
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IDK |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781477307359 |
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| 050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
BM501 |
| Item number |
.S596 2016 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
MAIN |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Skibell, Joseph, |
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Author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Six memos from the last millennium : |
| Remainder of title |
a novelist reads the Talmud / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
by Joseph Skibell. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Austin : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
University of Texas Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
(c)2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
1 online resource (xxi, 240 pages) : |
| Other physical details |
24 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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computer |
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c |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
online resource |
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cr |
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rdacarrier |
| 347 ## - DIGITAL FILE CHARACTERISTICS |
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data file |
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rda |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Exploring jewish arts and culture |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
A novelist reads the Talmud : an introduction -- |
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Timeline of relevant events, according to rabbinic tradition -- |
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Memo one. Rabbi Yohanan and Rabbi Shimon Ben Lakish -- |
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Eros and alchemy in the waters of the Jordan -- |
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Memo two. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai -- |
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Turning the hearts of fathers -- |
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Memo three a, b, and c. Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon, Rabbi Pinhas ben Yair, and Rabbi Judah ben Gerim -- |
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Towards the hearts of sons -- |
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Memo four. Rabban Gamliel II of Yavneh, Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah, and Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus -- |
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The gate of a broken heart -- |
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Memo five. Rabbi Akiva, Shimon ben Azzai, Shimon ben Zoma, and Elisha ben Avuyah -- |
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Revelation, retribution, perdition, ecstasy, and bliss : an epic canvas. |
| 520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
A thief-turned-saint, killed by an insult. A rabbi burning down his world in order to save it. A man who lost his sanity while trying to fathom the origin of the universe. A beautiful woman battling her brother's and her husband's egos to preserve their family. Stories such as these enliven the pages of the Talmud, the great repository of ancient wisdom that is one of the sacred texts of the Jewish people. Comprised of the Mishnah, the oral law of the Torah, and the Gemara, a multigenerational metacommentary on the Mishnah dating from between 3950 and 4235 (190 and 475 CE), the Talmud presents a formidable challenge to understand without scholarly training and study. But what if one approaches it as a collection of tales with surprising relevance for contemporary readers? In Six Memos from the Last Millennium, critically acclaimed novelist Joseph Skibell reads some of the Talmud's tales with a storyteller's insight, concentrating on the lives of the legendary rabbis depicted in its pages to uncover the wisdom they can still impart to our modern age. He unifies strands of stories that are scattered throughout the Talmud into coherent narratives or "memos," which he then analyzes and interprets from his perspective as a novelist. In Skibell's imaginative and personal readings, this sacred literature frequently defies our conventional notions of piety. Sometimes wild, rude, and even bawdy, these memos from the last millennium pursue a livable transcendence, a way of fusing the mundane hours of earthly life with a cosmic sense of holiness and wonder. |
| 530 ## - COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: |
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| COPYRIGHT INFORMATION |
COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission: |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="b">b</a> |
| 630 00 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Talmud |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Tannaim |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Amoraim |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 655 #1 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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Electronic Books. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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Click to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password. |
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<a href="httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1346878&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518">httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1346878&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) |
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EBSCO |
| Classification part |
BM. |
| PUBLICATION YEAR |
2016 |
| LOCATION |
ONLINE |
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NFIC |
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92 |
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NT |
| 902 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT B, LDB (RLIN) |
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1 |
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Cynthia Snell |
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1 |
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Cynthia Snell |