Fractured Tablets

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit  www.luminosoa.org  to learn more.  This book examines the significant role that memory failures play in early rabbinic literature. The rabbis who shaped Judaism in late antiquity envisioned the commitment to the Torah and its commandments as governing every aspect of a person’s life. Their vision of a Jewish subject who must keep constant mental