Wednesday, December 5, 2018

The Ma’aseh Book






The Ma’aseh Book, a collection of stories and legends, is here, in this edition, divided into three parts.  The first is devoted to popular stories told in the midrash and Talmud.  They ring odd to the modern ear; a very helpful companion to this book is Ruth Calderon’s “A Bride for One Night” were she tackles these strange and disturbing tales.  She contextualizes many of these stores with an even hand

The tales in this book are worth reading.  We just need a teacher.

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