The Sages, Volume IV: Character, Context, & Creativity, From the Mishna to the Talmud

The Sages brings the world of the Talmud to life, revealing the stories of the men behind its pages. This fascinating multivolume series explores the lives and times of great Jewish sages (Ḥazal )—their teachers and disciples, their families and professions, the values they cherished and ideologies they opposed, the historical challenges they faced and the creative wisdom with which they faced them. Highly original and profoundly engaging, The Sages draws readers closer to the world of Ḥazal while deepening their understanding of our own. This series is the first work by the influential Jerusalem rabbi Binyamin Lau to appear in English.