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Author Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016

Title Wise men and their tales : portraits of biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic masters / Elie Wiesel.

Publication Info. New York : Schocken Books, [2003]
©2003

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  296.092 WIESEL    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  296.092 WIE    Missing
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  296.0922 WIESEL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Faxon Branch - Non Fiction  296.0922 WIESEL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  296.0922 WIESEL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxvii, 337 pages ; 25 cm
Contents 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.
Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Biography.
Bible. Old Testament -- Legends.
Talmud -- Biography.
Talmud -- Legends.
Hasidim -- Biography.
Hasidim -- Legends.
ISBN 0805241736
9780805241730
0805211209
9780805211207
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