CHAPTER 5. Eros Repressed and Restored: Rabbi Hiya Bar Ashi and Heruta

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. A Note on Translation and Transliteration vii
4. Preface viii
5. Introduction: Recovering a Repressed Past xiii
6. CHAPTER 1. The Rediscovery of Talmudic Stories 1
7. CHAPTER 2. Authority, Autonomy, and Interpersonal Relations: The Oven of Akhnai 20
8. CHAPTER 3. When Opposites Attract: Rabbi Yohanan and Resh Lakish 35
9. CHAPTER 4. Women and Torah Study: Beruria 56
10. CHAPTER 5. Eros Repressed and Restored: Rabbi Hiya Bar Ashi and Heruta 77
11. CHAPTER 6. An Ideal Marriage: Rabbi Akiva and the Daughter of Ben Calba Savua 89
12. CHAPTER 7. Human Failings and National Destruction: Kamtza and Bar Kamtza 99
13. Notes 112
14. Bibliography 135
15. Index 145