Fractured Tablets: Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture - Paperback
by Mira Balberg
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520391864ISBN-10:520391861UPC:9780520391864Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Judaism, Ancient, JewishBook Topic:Sacred WritingsSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCAR9HAZ23
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 late antiquity envisioned the commitment to the Torah and its commandments as governing every aspect...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520391864ISBN-10:520391861UPC:9780520391864Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Judaism, Ancient, JewishBook Topic:Sacred WritingsSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCAR9HAZ23
Mira Balberg is Professor of History and Endowed Chair in Ancient Jewish Civilization at the University of California, San Diego. She is author of Purity, Body, and Self in Early Rabbinic Literature and Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature and coauthor of When Near Becomes Far: Old Age in Rabbinic Literature.
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