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

by Bertrand Badie and Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Elisha ben Abuya is one of the most intriguing figures in early rabbinic literature, consistently capturing the Jewish imagination as the arch-heretic, apostate, and great sinner. Because of the vague nature of the rabbinic sources relating to him, later generations, particularly in modern times, have been able to project upon him the visions of whatever they saw as either negative or ideal in the figure of the rebel apostate.

This book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804733872
• ISBN13: 9780804733878
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 8.9"