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PublisherYehuda Press, Ben
ISBN-10193473022X
ISBN-139781934730225
eBay Product ID (ePID)27038393899
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Book TitleHillel Narratives : What the Talmudic Tales of the First Rabbi Teach Us about Our Faith
Publication Year2009
TopicJudaism / History, Judaism / Talmud, Judaism / Theology, History
LanguageEnglish
GenreReligion
AuthorLouis Rieser
FormatTrade Paperback
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SynopsisThe story of Hillel, frozen near-to-death on the snowy roof of the Study Hall, is well-known. In its details, however, the story is impossible. No one could lay under three cubits of snow overnight and live. And Jerusalem never receives three cubits of snow-certainly not on the night of the winter solstice, as recounted in the Babylonian Talmud five centuries after Hillel's birth. Louis Rieser set out to find the real meaning of the legends of Hillel. What is the Talmud trying to teach us about rabbis, about leadership, about important values? This provocative book argues that while the famous legends of Hillel may have nothing to teach about Hillel's actual biography, they have a great deal to teach us about Judaism. "A fresh and engaging reading of the Rabbinic biography. Louis Rieser has reopened the Rabbinic stories and made them interesting again." -Jacob Neusner