“A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales” by Ruth Calderon (184 pages, Jewish Publication Society, $21.95)Outside the Bible has been noted earlier here.
“The Bible’s Many Voices” by Michael Carasik (384 pages, Jewish Publication Society, $31.95)
“Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture” edited by Louis H. Feldman, James L. Kugel and Lawrence H. Schiffman (3,302 pages, Jewish Publication Society, $275)
“How the Bible Became Holy” by Michael Satlow (368 pages, Yale University Press, $35)
Howard Freedman is the director of the Jewish Community Library, a project of Jewish LearningWorks, in San Francisco.
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Saturday, June 21, 2014
Book reviews
FOUR BOOKS ARE REVIEWED by Howard Freedman in Jweekly.com: off the shelf | New books offer fresh perspectives on ancient texts