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040			_cJTL
050			_aBS571 _b.W5485 2003
100			_aWiesel, Elie, _d1928- _950852
245			_aWise men and their tales : _bportraits of biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic masters / _cElie Wiesel.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bSchocken Books, _cc2003.
300			_axxvii, 337 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_a 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.
650			_aBible. _vOld Testament _xBiography. _950853
650			_aBible. _vOld Testament _xLegends. _950854
650			_aTalmud _xBiography. _950855
650			_aTalmud _xLegends. _950856
650			_aHasidim _xBiography. _950857
650			_aHasidim--Legends. _950858
942			_2lcc _cBOOK _hBS 571 _i.W5485 2003
999			_c14312 _d14312