Love tales from the Talmud
By: Edwin C. Goldberg
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: URJ PRESS
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9780807411094
Subjects: Jewish legends; Love; Man-woman relationships; Marriage in rabbinical literature; Rabbinical literature; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What is rabbinic literature?; title: The art of careful reading; title: The tales; title: Akiva and Rachel (Talmud Nedarim 50a); title: The man and woman in Sidon (Shir hashirim Rabbah 1:31); title: Abbaye and the couple (Talmud Sukkah 52a); title: The master, his wife, and his apprentice (Talmud Gittin 58a); title: Rabbi Yosei's divorce (B'reishit Rabbah 17:3); title: Rabbi's son (Talmud Ketubot 62b); title: In the days of Rabbi Tanhuma: version 1 (B'reishit Rabbah 33:3); title: In the days of Rabbi Tanchuma: version 2 (Vayikra Rabbah 34:14).