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Make Yourself a Teacher: Rabbinic Tales of Mentors and Disciples by Handelman, Susan

“…Make Yourself a Teacheris a teaching book and a book about teaching. It discusses three dramatic, well-known stories about the student and teacher Rabbi…”
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WHY I DON'T TEACH "THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE" ANYMORE by Handelman, Susan

“…Teaching "the Bible as literature" can be a knotty task, and the very phrase implies a host of implicit questions about pedagogical and hermeneutical…”
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A NOTE ON TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION OF HEBREW by Handelman, Susan

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FATHER! FATHER! ISRAEL’S CHARIOT AND ITS HORSEMEN!: THE PASSING OF RABBI ELIEZER by Handelman, Susan

“…Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus and Elijah were historically separated by almost a thousand years. One was a Sage; the other a prophet. But they share a similar…”
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NOTES ON NOTES by Handelman, Susan

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TORAH OF THE BELLY: RABBI ELIEZER STARVES FOR A TEACHER by Handelman, Susan

“…Let’s set the stage with a gripping Talmudic tale of R. Eliezer’s own great teacher, R. Yohanan ben Zakkai, and his daring escape from a besieged, blockaded,…”
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THE GATES OF WOUNDED FEELINGS: RABBI ELIEZER IS BANNED by Handelman, Susan

“…The Talmudic tractate Pirkei Avot, “The Ethics of the Fathers,” ascribes the following saying to R. Eliezer ben Hyrcanus: Let the honor of your fellows be as…”
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INTRODUCTION: I ONLY WANT THE PIECE WHICH IS IN YOUR MOUTH by Handelman, Susan

“…The author of those eloquent words, Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929), abandoned his brilliant career in the German university to found an informal institute for…”
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The Philosopher, the Rabbi, and the Rhetorician by Handelman, Susan

“…The author explores the topic of Jewish rhetorics by examining how particular Jewish thinkers have conceptualized the ethical relation between self and other…”
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The "Torah" of Criticism and the Criticism of Torah: Recuperating the Pedagogical Moment by Handelman, Susan

“…While the word "Torah" has been translated as "law," it actually means "teaching." An examination of the Torah that focuses on the text as a "teaching" is…”
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Walter Benjamin and the Angel of History by Handelman, Susan

“…Walter Benjamin allegory about the "angel of history" in the "Theses on the Philosophy of History" is discussed. The angel is both Marxist and talmudic--a…”
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"Everything Is In It": Rabbinic Interpretation and Modern Literary Theory by Handelman, Susan

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Interpretation as devotion: Freud's relation to rabbinic hermeneutics by Handelman, S

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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY by Susan Handelman

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EPILOGUE by Susan Handelman

“…Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik relates this midrash about the “drop of ink” left over after Moses finished writing the Torah, to the story of R. Eliezer ben…”
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Back Matter by Susan Handelman

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Table of Contents by Susan Handelman

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Front Matter by Susan Handelman

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NOTES by Susan Handelman

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INDEX by Susan Handelman

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