About the Course

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Spring 2013: Curious Tales of the Talmud

Finding Personal Meaning in the Legends of our Sages

Starting last week of April 2013

 

 

Course Overview

Everyone loves a good story. Knowing this, the sages of the Talmud used stories to encode messages about life that are far too deep and profound to communicate directly. This course decodes some of these extraordinary Talmudic mysteries to uncover layer within layer of insight into the nature of life, the universe, G-d, and man.

The Talmud’s role as the primary source of Jewish law can obscure its value as a literary treasure. The stories in the Talmud reveal an imaginative richness and a striking sense of an ongoing task of narration as a crucial part of the interpretation and preservation of a treasured culture...

 


About the Course

;

Spring 2013: Curious Tales of the Talmud

Finding Personal Meaning in the Legends of our Sages

Starting last week of April 2013

 

 

Course Overview

Everyone loves a good story. Knowing this, the sages of the Talmud used stories to encode messages about life that are far too deep and profound to communicate directly. This course decodes some of these extraordinary Talmudic mysteries to uncover layer within layer of insight into the nature of life, the universe, G-d, and man.

The Talmud’s role as the primary source of Jewish law can obscure its value as a literary treasure. The stories in the Talmud reveal an imaginative richness and a striking sense of an ongoing task of narration as a crucial part of the interpretation and preservation of a treasured culture...

 

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