01705nam a22002897a 4500 AUA.1 20160309210206.0 150915t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 2003045576 0805211209 JTL BS571 .W5485 2003 Wiesel, Elie, 1928- 50852 Wise men and their tales : portraits of biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic masters / Elie Wiesel. 1st ed. New York : Schocken Books, c2003. xxvii, 337 p. ; 25 cm. Ishmael and Hagar -- Lot's wife -- Aaron and his problem of innocence -- Miriam the prophetess and her melancholy fate -- Nadab and Abihu: a story of fire and silence -- Esau and Jethro: gentiles in the Bible -- Gideon, a judge who is special -- Samson: the weakness of a hero -- Saul and his lost kingdom -- Samuel and the quest for mercy -- Isaiah, a prince of prophets -- Hoshea: the strangest of all prophets -- Rabbi Tarfon's humility -- Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi -- Abbaye and Rava: the greatness of dialogue -- Converts in the Talmud -- Talmudic sketches -- Zanz and Sadigur -- The world of the Shtetl. Bible. Old Testament Biography. 50853 Bible. Old Testament Legends. 50854 Talmud Biography. 50855 Talmud Legends. 50856 Hasidim Biography. 50857 Hasidim--Legends. 50858 lcc BOOK BS 571 .W5485 2003 14312 14312 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2015-09-15 Bought by JTL 14.00 AUA017383 BS 571 .W5485 2003 AUA017383 2015-09-15 00:00:00 14.00 2015-09-15 BOOK