Wise Men and Their Tales Portraits of Biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic Masters

Name: Wise Men and Their Tales Portraits of Biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic Masters
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ISBN: 9780805211207

ISBN-10: 0805211209

ISBN-13: 9780805211207

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Authors: Elie Wiesel

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In Wise Men and Their Tales, a master teacher gives us his fascinating insights into the lives of a wide range of biblical figures, Talmudic scholars, and Hasidic rabbis.The matriarch Sarah, fiercely guarding her son, Isaac, against the negative influence of his half-brother Ishmael; Samson, the solitary hero and protector of his people, whose singular weakness brought about his tragic end; Isaiah, caught in the middle of the struggle between God and man, his messages of anger and sorrow counterbalanced by his timeless, eloquent vision of a world at peace; the saintly Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi, who by virtue of a lifetime of good deeds was permitted to enter heaven while still alive and who…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Author of more than forty internationally acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, Elie Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. He is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and University Professor at Boston University. He lives in New York City.



Preface


Introduction: And What Does Rashi Say?


Ishmael and Hagar


Lot's Wife


Aaron and His Problem of Innocence


Miriam the Prophetess and Her Melancholy Fate


Nadab and Abihu: A Story of Fire and Silence


Esau and Jethro: Gentiles in the Bible


Gideon, A Judge Who Is Special


Samson: The Weakness of A Hero


Saul and His Lost Kingdom


Samuel and the Quest for Mercy


Isaiah, a Prince of Prophets


Hoshea: The Strangest of All Prophets


Rabbi Tarfon's Humility


Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi


Abbaye and Rava: The Greatness of Dialogue


Converts in the Talmud


Talmudic Sketches


Zanz and Sadigur


The World of the Shtetl


Acknowledgments