The Sinner and the Amnesiac - The Rabbinic Invention of Elisha Ben Abuya and Eleazar Ben Arach

"Goshen-Gottstein's book is a masterful analysis of the texts and traditions regarding Elisha ben Abuya and Eleazar ben Arach, and offers great insight not only into the texts relating to these two rabbinic figures, but into the very nature of rabbinic stories and historiography."--Hebrew Studies
"Provides a refreshing examination of the stories of Elisha ben Abuya and R. Eleazar ben Arach . . . .Goshen-Gottstein's systematic treatment and masterful reading of rabbinic texts yields penetrating insights into rabbinic storytelling as a mode of religious and cultural expression."--Journal of the American Academy of Religion

About the author

Alon Goshen-Gottstein is Director of the Institute for the Study of Rabbinic Thought, Bet Morasha, Jerusalem.

Summary

This title systematically analyzes all sources referring to Elisha ben Abuya, and in so doing, confronts the difficulties of deriving reliable information from rabbinic materials and of writing the biography of a rabbinic hero.

Product details

• Authors: Alon Goshen-Gottstein
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2000
• EAN: 9780804733878
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-3387-8
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 239 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 503 g
• Series: Contraversions: Jews and Other
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism