{"product_id":"a-bride-for-one-night-talmud-tales-paperback","title":"A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth Calderon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIlana Kurshan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Heartfelt, philosophical, imaginative, and religious, these stories offer new ways to read text.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--Sharon Elswit, Jewish Book Council\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreathing new life into an ancient text, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Bride for One Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlana Kurshan is the books editor of \u003ci\u003eLilith \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?\u003c\/i\u003e as well as several articles about Talmud, literature, and Jewish life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42603402494048,"sku":"9780827612099","price":33.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/TjR3TkZYc3p1S3R5Z1ltUFhqTnFLUT09.webp?v=1771804472","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/a-bride-for-one-night-talmud-tales-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}