Six Memos from the Last Millennium : : A Novelist Reads the Talmud / / Joseph Skibell.

• VerfasserIn: Skibell, Joseph,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

A thief-turned-saint, killed by an insult. A rabbi burning down his world in order to save it. A man who lost his sanity while trying to fathom the origin of the universe. A beautiful woman battling her brother’s and her husband’s egos to preserve their family. Stories such as these enliven the page...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• A Note on the Title
• Ac knowledgments
• A Novelist Reads the Talmud An Introduction
• Timeline of Relevant Events, According to Rabbinic Tradition
• Memo One. Rabbi Yohanan (died c. 4040/279 CE) and Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish (c. 4010–4060/ second half of second century CE)
• Chapter 1. Eros and Alchemy in the Waters of the Jordan
• Memo Two. Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai (flourished c. 3890–3920/130–160 CE)
• Chapter 2. Turning the Hearts of Fathers
• Memo Three. A Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon (flourished c. 3910/end of second century CE)
• Memo Three B. Rabbi Pinhas ben Yair (first third of the third century CE)
• Memo Three C. Rabbi Judah ben Gerim (c. 3910/end of second century CE)
• Chapter 3. Towards the Hearts of Sons
• Memo Four. Rabban Gamliel II of Yavneh (flourished 3850–3875/90–115 CE), Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah (flourished 3850–3890/90– 130 CE), and Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus (flourished c. 3830–3945/70–185 CE)
• Chapter 4. The Gate of a Broken Heart
• Memo Five. Rabbi Akiva (flourished 3855–3895/ 95–135 CE), Shimon ben Azzai, Shimon ben Zoma, and Elisha ben Avuyah
• Chapter 5. Revelation, Retribution, Perdition, Ecstasy, and Bliss An Epic Canvas
• Endnotes
• Glossary