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The Sages: Character, Context & Creativity: the Galilean Period (3) (Sages: Character, Context & Creativty) Hardcover – May 1, 2013

by Binyamin Lau (Author), Ilana Kurshan (Translator), Avigdor Shinan (Foreword)
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The Sages brings brings the world of the Talmud to life, revealing the stories of the men behind its pages. This fascinating multi-volume series explores the lives and times of great Jewish sages (Hazal) their teachers and disciples, their families and professions, the values they cherished and ideologies they opposed, the historical challenges they faced and the creative wisdom with which they faced them.
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    The Sages
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    May 1, 2013
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    5.75 x 1.5 x 9 inches
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    1592642470
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Maggid (May 1, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 387 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1592642470
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592642472
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.45 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1.5 x 9 inches
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    Rabbi Dr. Binyamin Lau is an Israeli community leader, educator and social activist. He is the rabbi of the Ramban Synagogue in Jerusalem, founder of the Moshe Green Beit Midrash for Women’s Leadership at Beit Morasha’s Beren College, and a research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. Rabbi Lau also serves as a consultant for a number of leading organizations and is frequently cited in the media. He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion and Yeshivat Kibbutz HaDati, and received a PhD in Talmud from Bar-Ilan University.

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    Ilana Kurshan is the author of If All the Seas Were Ink (St. Martin's Press, 2017) and Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights (Schocken, 2005). She has translated books of Jewish interest by Ruth Calderon, Benjamin Lau, and Micah Goodman, as well as novels, short story collections, and children’s picture books. She is a regular contributor to Lilith Magazine, where she serves as the Book Reviews Editor, and her writing has appeared in The Forward, The World Jewish Digest, Hadassah, Nashim, Zeek, Kveller, and Tablet. Kurshan is a graduate of Harvard University (BA, summa cum laude, History of Science) and Cambridge University (M.Phil, English literature). She lives in Jerusalem with her husband and four children.

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frettedstrings
5.0 out of 5 stars Research Project
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2021
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This book is 1 in a set of 4 books. I bought the books for a research project.
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Savti
5.0 out of 5 stars The Mishna revisited
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2013
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I haven't read the book yet. It was recommended to me by someone whose opinion I value. I have attended Rabbi Lau's lectures. His books make a major contribution to understanding the writings of revered figures of Jewish history in the context of their times and being able to visualize them as flesh and blood human beings. I plan to give the series to my grandchildren as Chanukah presents and wanted to read them first myself.
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Naomi Yalin
5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive work
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2013
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Clearly written and very deeply researched - this series provides a rich history of Jewish philosophy from the time of the Babylonian exile, through the period of the second temple and the rabbinical sages. Fascinating to read enables the reader to understand how the philosophy of each era was linked with the socio-political history of the times, but yet most of these works have real relevance and understanding for ethical and everyday life even in the 21st century
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Sojourner
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative and well written
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2013
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This book is informative and well written. The author has strong grasp of a wealth of material and by the time one has read the book that historical period comes to life.
Cannot wait to read the rest of the series and other works by the author.
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1.0 out of 5 stars I f one is truly knowledgeable in the Talmudic sources…then
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2022
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If one truly has true Binah (Understanding) e.g. A Rav or Psychotherapist has to have a keen ear. There were many issues of Halacha issued by Rav Soloveitchik on a personal level. There was a reason why there was no Igeres HaRov Yoseph Dov…because as he said his primary task was to be a “melameid”.
Every morning “לשמע ללמוד וללמד לשמור ולעשות את כל דברי תורתך באהבה”
The First is lishmoa to actively listen, then absorb, then teach, and perform all that is commanded with love”
The author has an impressive corpus of literal Talmudic knowledge in Babylonian, and Yerushalmi texts..that he quotes out of context, very literally, for some Academic agenda, but not to teach. He doesn’t explore the debates or perceived way of conduct in an objective way at all.
To think one can understand a personality simply based on such a narrow limited understanding of the context about Torah Giants, is an attitude of intellectual hubris. The author presents issues of each sage, which are basically described in a chapter. Does Binyamin Lau want his life after 120 years defined by these elementary level agenda driven books? Unlike the author I won’t presume to know. But I know from chapters I’ve seen the author is misrepresenting and inaccurately describing our Containers of Torah which defines who we are, for his own agendas. You’d benefit more from Josephus than this presentation.
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David L. Cairns
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended!
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2014
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This three volume set is worth every dollar and is a great resource for every serious library. Great information about this formative time period.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2017
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Excellently written - see comment for Volume IV
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great read for anyone looking to gain better insight into ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2015
Could not put it down! Rabbi Lau's research in this entire series is unparalleled as he filters through the appropriate sources that truly depict the character of the Sages of whom we often he nothing more than their names. A great read for anyone looking to gain better insight into the Sages and the world in which they lived or even those who study Talmud on a constant basis and wish to add character to context...a job well done. Just purchases Volume 4 cannot wait to read it.
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Thaipete
4.0 out of 5 stars Rabbi Lau scores yet another hit
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2014
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The 3rd in his series on chazal.It covers the period from the end of bar Kochbah unti the death of Rabbi Yehudah he Nasi around 200ce. ie. the usha generation. He deals with the student of R. Akivah and those of R. Yishmael who between them provide two of the major strands of Judaism on which the current Jewish world stands. R.Lau brilliantly brings these two strands of thought, these two approaches to life with both depth and clarity; in depth scholarship combined with great readability. The rabbis, their ideas, their dilemmas come clealry to life. I have rarely enjoyed a book more than this one
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