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Make yourself a teacher : rabbinic tales of mentors and disciples /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Handelman, Susan A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2011]
Series:Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies.
Subjects:
Spiritual life > Judaism.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Jewish learning and scholarship.
Teacher-student relationships > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Teacher-student relationships in rabbinical literature.
Eliezer ben Hyrcanus.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: I only want the piece which is in your mouth
  • Torah of the belly: Rabbi Eliezer starves for a teacher
  • The gates of wounded feelings: Rabbi Eliezer is banned
  • Father! father! Israel's chariot and horseman!: the passing of Rabbi Eliezer.