{"product_id":"fractured-tablets-forgetfulness-and-fallibility-in-late-ancient-rabbinic-culture-paperback","title":"Fractured Tablets: Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMira Balberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book examines the significant role that memory failures play in early rabbinic literature. The rabbis who shaped Judaism in late antiquity envisioned the commitment to the Torah and its commandments as governing every aspect of a person's life. Their vision of a Jewish subject who must keep constant mental track of multiple obligations and teachings led them to be preoccupied with forgetting: forgetting tasks, forgetting facts, forgetting texts, and--most broadly--forgetting the Torah altogether. In \u003ci\u003eFractured Tablets\u003c\/i\u003e, Mira Balberg examines the ways in which the early rabbis approached and delineated the possibility of forgetfulness in practice and study and the solutions and responses they conjured for forgetfulness, along with the ways in which they used human fallibility to bolster their vision of Jewish observance and their own roles as religious experts. In the process, Balberg shows that the rabbis' intense preoccupation with the prospect of forgetfulness was a meaningful ideological choice, with profound implications for our understanding of Judaism in late antiquity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucidly written, lively, and fun to read, \u003ci\u003eFractured Tablets \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a new window into the tannaitic mind and the priorities at the foundation of the rabbinic movement from its inception.--Natalie B. Dohrmann, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eJews, Christians, and the Roman Empire: The Poetics of Power in Late Antiquity \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMira Balberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History and Endowed Chair in Ancient Jewish Civilization at the University of California, San Diego. She is author of \u003ci\u003ePurity, Body, and Self in Early Rabbinic Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature \u003c\/i\u003eand coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWhen Near Becomes Far: Old Age in Rabbinic Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52622437581107,"sku":"9780520391864","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bWpzeDVsN1QxYmNydUo4V3V5MVJ2UT09.webp?v=1761969510","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/fractured-tablets-forgetfulness-and-fallibility-in-late-ancient-rabbinic-culture-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}