Fractured Tablets : Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture

Fractured Tablets Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This book examines the significant role that memory failures play in early rabbinic literature. The rabbis who shaped Judaism in la...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Balberg, Mira, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press [2023]
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Memory > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Rabbinical literature > Criticism and interpretation.
RELIGION / Judaism / History.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009728339406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Memory and Doubt
  • 2 Remembering Forgetfulness
  • 3 Partial Eclipse of the Mind
  • 4 Rituals of Recollection
  • 5 When Teachings Fly Away
  • 6 Bad Tidings, Good Tidings
  • Conclusion: What Moses Forgot
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Source Index

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