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Becoming the People of the Talmud
Language: en
Pages: 424
Authors: Talya Fishman
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-31 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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In Becoming the People of the Talmud, Talya Fishman examines ways in which circumstances of transmission have shaped the cultural meaning of Jewish traditions.
Becoming the People of the Talmud
Language: en
Pages: 424
Authors: Talya Fishman
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-12 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Talya Fishman explores the impact of the textualization process in medieval Europe on the Babylonian Talmud's roles within Jewish culture.
Shaking the Pillars of Exile
Language: en
Pages: 406
Authors: Talya Fishman
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

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This book explores a heretical blueprint for Jewish modernization written by a Venetian rabbi (under cover of pseudonym) in the early seventeenth century, almos
Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals
Language: en
Pages: 327
Authors: Mira Beth Wasserman
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-21 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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In Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals, Mira Beth Wasserman undertakes a close reading of Avoda Zara, arguably the Talmud's most scandalous tractate, to uncover t
Becoming a Mensch
Language: en
Pages: 156
Authors: Ronald Pies
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-04 - Publisher: Government Institutes

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Becoming a Mensch is a 'user's guide' to becoming a better person, taking readers through a process of personal growth by means of modern-day vignettes that dra