"Heartfelt, philosophical, imaginative, and religious, these
stories offer new ways to read text."—Sharon Elswit, Jewish Book
Council Ruth 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. Breathing
new life into an ancient text, A Bride for One Night 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.
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