Search Results - "Midrashic"

Jews and Humor /

Table of Contents: “…: Jewish humor and its roots in the Talmud and Midrash / David Brodsky -- But is it funny? : identifying humor, satire, and parody in rabbinic literature / Eliezer Diamond -- Masekhet Purim / Peter J. …”
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Jews and Humor /

Table of Contents: “…: Jewish humor and its roots in the Talmud and Midrash / David Brodsky -- But is it funny? : identifying humor, satire, and parody in rabbinic literature / Eliezer Diamond -- Masekhet Purim / Peter J. …”
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Authority and Dissent in Jewish Life /

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Editor's Introduction -- Contributors -- Figurative Language of Authority and Rebellion in the Story of the Death of Rabbi Judah ben Bava / Chen Marx -- Midrash, Oral Law, and the Question of Rabbinic Authority / Azzan Yadin-Israel -- Dissenting Literature and Social Formation in the Antique Mediterranean / Zachary B. …”
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Authority and Dissent in Jewish Life /

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Editor's Introduction -- Contributors -- Figurative Language of Authority and Rebellion in the Story of the Death of Rabbi Judah ben Bava / Chen Marx -- Midrash, Oral Law, and the Question of Rabbinic Authority / Azzan Yadin-Israel -- Dissenting Literature and Social Formation in the Antique Mediterranean / Zachary B. …”
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On Self-Translation : Meditations on Language / by Stavans, Ilan

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Preface; Part I: Meeting The "I"; On Self-Translation; Part II: Meditations; Alphabetizing; As It Were; Parable of Don Quixote; Finger Snapping; The Tenure Code; Transadaptation; Ellipses and I; On Clarity; Auto-corrected; Part III: Beyond Words; On Being Misunderstood; Part I: The Lecture; Part II: The Response; Against Representation; The Monkey Grammarian; Midrash on Truth; Don Quixote in Schlemieland; Dying in Hebrew; The Reading Life of Ricardo Piglia; Adiós, Chespirito; Part IV: On Fútbol; "Sudden Death"; Van Persie's Goal; Box of Resonance…”
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On Self-Translation : Meditations on Language / by Stavans, Ilan

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Preface; Part I: Meeting The "I"; On Self-Translation; Part II: Meditations; Alphabetizing; As It Were; Parable of Don Quixote; Finger Snapping; The Tenure Code; Transadaptation; Ellipses and I; On Clarity; Auto-corrected; Part III: Beyond Words; On Being Misunderstood; Part I: The Lecture; Part II: The Response; Against Representation; The Monkey Grammarian; Midrash on Truth; Don Quixote in Schlemieland; Dying in Hebrew; The Reading Life of Ricardo Piglia; Adiós, Chespirito; Part IV: On Fútbol; "Sudden Death"; Van Persie's Goal; Box of Resonance…”
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Sisters at Sinai new tales of biblical women / by Hammer, Jill

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Sisters at Sinai new tales of biblical women / by Hammer, Jill

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view