The book is acollection of essaysthat revealthe meaning andnature of theclassicJewish textsagainst a background ofphilosophy (from Plato toDerrida's)poetry(fromGoethe andPushkin toMandelstam andPasternak)and HellenisticJewishexegesis(Philo of Alexandria, etc.).The author tries tobring thereaderto theTalmud, make it apart ofcontemporary artisticthinking.The authorof the book -ArkadyKovelmanBerdichevsky,doctor of historical sciences, head ofthe Jewish StudiesInstitute of Asiaand Africa,Moscow State University.
Soderzhaniye Antichnyy mir i iudaizm: interv'yu vmesto predisloviya Begstvo rabbi Meira. S tochki zreniya yegiptyan Bessonnitsa Utesheniye Nachalo prekrasnoy epokhi Datan i Aviram mertvy Muzyka sfer Uchenik Domik v Kolomne Dal'she — Nitsshe Kak pisat' esse? Za stolikom nochnogo kafe V poiskakh smysla Pir Trimal'khion P'yanyy silen Mif Sestry Radost' Yegipetskiye nochi Nadezhda Venetsianskiy maskarad Prolog Epilog Bibliografiya Naimenovaniye bibleyskikh knig
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The ancient worldand Judaism: interviewinstead of the foreword
Flight ofRabbiMeir. From the viewpointEgyptians insomnia comfort Beginning of a beautifulera Date andAviramdead Music of the Spheres pupil House in Kolomna Next -Nietzsche How to writean essay? At a tablethe nightcafe Searching for meaning feast Trimalhiona drunkstrong myth sisters joy Egyptian Nights hope Venetianmasquerade prologue epilogue