Autorentext

Ruth Calderon has a PhD in Talmud from Hebrew University and was elected to the Israeli Knesset in January 2013. She became a national celebrity when she taught a page of Talmud in the Israeli parliament, arguing that the text was the heritage of the entire Jewish people. She is founder and former director of Elul Beit Midrash in Jerusalem and founder and chair of Alma: Home for Hebrew Culture in Tel Aviv.

Ilana Kurshan is the books editor of Lilith magazine. She is the author of Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? as well as several articles about Talmud, literature, and Jewish life.

Klappentext

"Heartfelt, philosophical, imaginative, and religious, these stories offer new ways to read text."-Sharon Elswit, Jewish Book Council

Breathing new life into an ancient text, A Bride for One Night offers a surprising and provocative read, both for anyone already intimate with the Talmud or for anyone interested in one of the most influential works of Jewish literature.

Ruth Calderon has recently electrified the Jewish world with her teachings of talmudic texts. In this volume, her first to appear in English, she offers a fascinating window into some of the liveliest and most colorful stories in the Talmud. Calderon rewrites talmudic tales as richly imagined fictions, drawing us into the lives of such characters as the woman who risks her life for a sister suspected of adultery; a humble schoolteacher who rescues his village from drought; and a wife who dresses as a prostitute to seduce her pious husband in their garden.

Zusammenfassung
Offers a window into some of the liveliest and most colorful stories in the Talmud. This title includes tales as richly imagined fictions, drawing us into the lives of such characters as the woman who risks author's life for a sister suspected of adultery; and a humble schoolteacher who rescues his village from drought.

Inhalt

Introduction

The Imaginative Map

The Fishpond

Sisters

The Other Side

Beloved Rabbi

Libertina

Return

A Bride for One Night

Nazir

Lamp

The Matron

The Goblet

The Knife

He and His Son

Sorrow in the Cave

Elisha

The Beruria Incident

Yishmael, My Son, Bless Me

Notes

Selected Bibliography