Six Memos from the Last Millennium: A Novelist Reads the Talmud

by Joseph Skibell and Joseph Skibell

A thief-turned-saint, killed by an insult. A rabbi burning down his world in order to save it. A man who lost his sanity while trying to fathom the origin of the universe. A beautiful woman battling her brother's and her husband's egos to preserve their family. Stories such as these enliven the pages of the Talmud, the great repository of ancient wisdom that is one of the sacred texts of the Jewish people. Comprised of the Mishnah, the oral law...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477307346
• ISBN13: 9781477307342
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"