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020			_a9781477307359 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aBM501 _b.S596 2016
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aSkibell, Joseph, _e1
245	1	0	_aSix memos from the last millennium : _ba novelist reads the Talmud / _cby Joseph Skibell.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aAustin : _bUniversity of Texas Press, _c(c)2016.
300			_a1 online resource (xxi, 240 pages) : _b24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aExploring jewish arts and culture
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505	0	0	_aA novelist reads the Talmud : an introduction -- _tTimeline of relevant events, according to rabbinic tradition -- _tMemo one. Rabbi Yohanan and Rabbi Shimon Ben Lakish -- _tEros and alchemy in the waters of the Jordan -- _tMemo two. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai -- _tTurning the hearts of fathers -- _tMemo three a, b, and c. Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon, Rabbi Pinhas ben Yair, and Rabbi Judah ben Gerim -- _tTowards the hearts of sons -- _tMemo four. Rabban Gamliel II of Yavneh, Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah, and Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus -- _tThe gate of a broken heart -- _tMemo five. Rabbi Akiva, Shimon ben Azzai, Shimon ben Zoma, and Elisha ben Avuyah -- _tRevelation, retribution, perdition, ecstasy, and bliss : an epic canvas.
520	0		_aA 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.
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630	0	0	_aTalmud _vBiography.
650		0	_aTannaim _vBiography.
650		0	_aAmoraim _vBiography.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell