{"product_id":"9781934730225","title":"The Hillel Narratives","description":"The story of Hillel, frozen near-to-death on the snowy roof of the Study Hall, is well-known.\u003cp\u003eIn its details, however, the story is impossible. No one could lay under three cubits of snow overnight and live. And Jerusalem never receives three cubits of snow-certainly not on the night of the winter solstice, as recounted in the Babylonian Talmud five centuries after Hillel's birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Rieser set out to find the real meaning of the legends of Hillel. What is the Talmud trying to teach us about rabbis, about leadership, about important values?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis provocative book argues that while the famous legends of Hillel may have nothing to teach about Hillel's actual biography, they have a great deal to teach us about Judaism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fresh and engaging reading of the Rabbinic biography. Louis Rieser has reopened the Rabbinic stories and made them interesting again.\" -Jacob Neusner\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ben Yehuda Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060019740912,"sku":"9781934730225","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781934730225_p0.jpg?v=1763655339","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781934730225","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}